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We are not writing here for AI bots but for humans. In this (CS) context, the first association clearly isn't about diabetes.

hnbad 4y ago
I'm not sure what "this context" refers to. The site (typenetwork) is probably more "design" than "computer science". The HN user base includes a lot of people from computer science backgrounds but not exclusively so, nor does the majority of the articles featured on here (remember that "tech" does not mean "computer science"). HN itself is an outlet of a venture capital startup accelerator. I'd say the expectation for HN users would be to at least be "tech-adjacent" but computer science is neither a necessary nor sufficient part of that and the topics in submissions far exceed direct professional interests (or even "hacking" in any sense of the word, despite what the guidelines suggest). An article about research that could mean the end of Type 1 diabetes would hardly be out of place here, though I agree that assuming that "Type 1" without qualifiers automatically refers to diabetes is not a safe bet here, if anywhere.
- bawolff 4y ago
  > (remember that "tech" does not mean "computer science") If you're going to be that nitpicky, this article isn't about anything that could reasonable be called "computer science" either
- jhoechtl 4y ago
  > I'm not sure what "this context" refers to. HN, see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
  - hnbad 4y ago
    Did you read that? Because it doesn't contradict what I said. You probably meant this: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html And that doesn't mention computer science either. Instead it says this: > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. Note that this doesn't even mention technology, just "startups" and "hacking" (which to be clear isn't specifically about technology either).

hnbad 4y ago

I'm not sure what "this context" refers to. The site (typenetwork) is probably more "design" than "computer science". The HN user base includes a lot of people from computer science backgrounds but not exclusively so, nor does the majority of the articles featured on here (remember that "tech" does not mean "computer science"). HN itself is an outlet of a venture capital startup accelerator. I'd say the expectation for HN users would be to at least be "tech-adjacent" but computer science is neither a necessary nor sufficient part of that and the topics in submissions far exceed direct professional interests (or even "hacking" in any sense of the word, despite what the guidelines suggest). An article about research that could mean the end of Type 1 diabetes would hardly be out of place here, though I agree that assuming that "Type 1" without qualifiers automatically refers to diabetes is not a safe bet here, if anywhere.

bawolff 4y ago
> (remember that "tech" does not mean "computer science") If you're going to be that nitpicky, this article isn't about anything that could reasonable be called "computer science" either
jhoechtl 4y ago
> I'm not sure what "this context" refers to. HN, see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- hnbad 4y ago
  Did you read that? Because it doesn't contradict what I said. You probably meant this: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html And that doesn't mention computer science either. Instead it says this: > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. Note that this doesn't even mention technology, just "startups" and "hacking" (which to be clear isn't specifically about technology either).