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This has been flagged dead already here from few hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35466973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35466973 edit: O

This has been flagged dead already here from few hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35466973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35466973 edit: Ok, this got flagged dead again and I've vouched. What is the problem with the piece?

coldpie 4y ago
> 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. > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html This, to me, falls clearly in the off-topic category. HN isn't a general news discussion board, and I'd prefer it to stay that way.
- peteradio 4y ago
  I get your point, although: > unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon And I do think it gratifies intellectual curiosity to see how the behavior is defended. But I will readily admit that the discussions don't always pan out.
  - coldpie 4y ago
    I agree it's a fuzzy line. I'm explaining the position of those who flagged it, since you asked :)
    - peteradio 4y ago
      Thanks :)
- rideontime 4y ago
  But this gratified my intellectual curiosity.
  - tablespoon 4y ago
    > But this gratified my intellectual curiosity. How so, exactly? Also, what's your definition of "intellectual curiosity"?
    - rideontime 4y ago
      Why does it matter? It gratified my intellectual curiosity so I gave it an updoot.
      - tablespoon 4y ago
        Because I suspect that phrase doesn't mean what you think it means.
        rideontime 4y ago
        Why's that?
        tablespoon 4y ago
        I answered your question. How about you answer mine?
        rideontime 4y ago
        Why would I do that?
        Freedom2 4y ago
        It might gratify their intellectual curiosity.

coldpie 4y ago

> 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. > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html This, to me, falls clearly in the off-topic category. HN isn't a general news discussion board, and I'd prefer it to stay that way.

peteradio 4y ago
I get your point, although: > unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon And I do think it gratifies intellectual curiosity to see how the behavior is defended. But I will readily admit that the discussions don't always pan out.
- coldpie 4y ago
  I agree it's a fuzzy line. I'm explaining the position of those who flagged it, since you asked :)
  - peteradio 4y ago
    Thanks :)
rideontime 4y ago
But this gratified my intellectual curiosity.
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > But this gratified my intellectual curiosity. How so, exactly? Also, what's your definition of "intellectual curiosity"?
  - rideontime 4y ago
    Why does it matter? It gratified my intellectual curiosity so I gave it an updoot.
    - tablespoon 4y ago
      Because I suspect that phrase doesn't mean what you think it means.
      - rideontime 4y ago
        Why's that?
        tablespoon 4y ago
        I answered your question. How about you answer mine?
        rideontime 4y ago
        Why would I do that?
        Freedom2 4y ago
        It might gratify their intellectual curiosity.