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Not pointless for those of us who have an FT subscription…

by desperadovisa 4y ago

danielmarkbruce 4y ago
Actually even worse than pointless for FT subscribers...
- deleted 4y ago
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jleyank 4y ago
Yeah, but you don’t need HN to tell you to look (I assume you check what you pay for). There’s a whole lot of these paywalled things and they’re all just noise unless there’s a free alternative.
- desperadovisa 4y ago
  My stories on the FT app: * Ukraine says Kherson counter-offensive against Russia has begun * Inside Liz Truss's not so special relationship with the US * Ukraine war updates: White House says Russia has "pulled resources" in response to Ukraine offensive * EU to unveil emergency measures to curb soaring energy prices * Nasa cancels launch of moon mission after engine trouble * US justice department says it has reviewed Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents --ad break-- * Crypto and climate change: can web3 help get us to net zero? * Is $110mn man Jake Freeman lucky gambler or conviction investor? Then it goes into their "Explore" functionality, billed as, "Take a break from the news with our recommended stories for you": * ECB chief economist sees benefits of raising rates in "smaller increments" * Honda and LG to build $4.4bn US battery plant * Olaf Scholz outlines new EU vision with call for European air defense scheme * Investors increase bets against euro as energy crisis intensifies ...and so on. So no, this being here is not "useless".
  - jleyank 4y ago
    Ah, so posting to HN is an ad, then?
    - desperadovisa 4y ago
      What? No, the article is interesting. Seriously how do people see comments like yours and think HN is any kind of special?
      - jleyank 4y ago
        Posting something that most of the audience can’t see without hacking isn’t all that interesting to me and it feels like an ad. If you as a poster have something to say, it should be readable without bending the rules. And honestly, stuff from “the usual business mags” isn’t interesting or pertinent. Those folks are orthogonal to where I’ve lived. I’m fungible to them, they’re suits to me. This is Hacker News, not Yahoo Finance or some such alternative.
        desperadovisa 4y ago
        Now if only there were some way for you to express that opinion in some objective, algorithmic way…

Not pointless for those of us who have an FT subscription…

danielmarkbruce 4y ago

Actually even worse than pointless for FT subscribers...

deleted 4y ago
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jleyank 4y ago

Yeah, but you don’t need HN to tell you to look (I assume you check what you pay for). There’s a whole lot of these paywalled things and they’re all just noise unless there’s a free alternative.

desperadovisa 4y ago
My stories on the FT app: * Ukraine says Kherson counter-offensive against Russia has begun * Inside Liz Truss's not so special relationship with the US * Ukraine war updates: White House says Russia has "pulled resources" in response to Ukraine offensive * EU to unveil emergency measures to curb soaring energy prices * Nasa cancels launch of moon mission after engine trouble * US justice department says it has reviewed Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents --ad break-- * Crypto and climate change: can web3 help get us to net zero? * Is $110mn man Jake Freeman lucky gambler or conviction investor? Then it goes into their "Explore" functionality, billed as, "Take a break from the news with our recommended stories for you": * ECB chief economist sees benefits of raising rates in "smaller increments" * Honda and LG to build $4.4bn US battery plant * Olaf Scholz outlines new EU vision with call for European air defense scheme * Investors increase bets against euro as energy crisis intensifies ...and so on. So no, this being here is not "useless".
- jleyank 4y ago
  Ah, so posting to HN is an ad, then?
  - desperadovisa 4y ago
    What? No, the article is interesting. Seriously how do people see comments like yours and think HN is any kind of special?
    - jleyank 4y ago
      Posting something that most of the audience can’t see without hacking isn’t all that interesting to me and it feels like an ad. If you as a poster have something to say, it should be readable without bending the rules. And honestly, stuff from “the usual business mags” isn’t interesting or pertinent. Those folks are orthogonal to where I’ve lived. I’m fungible to them, they’re suits to me. This is Hacker News, not Yahoo Finance or some such alternative.
      - desperadovisa 4y ago
        Now if only there were some way for you to express that opinion in some objective, algorithmic way…