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There is precedent for hackernews covering unusually large and important events. Covid, Jan 6th, the start of the Ukraine War. I don't see the problem with some
by dmarchand90 3y ago
There is precedent for hackernews covering unusually large and important events. Covid, Jan 6th, the start of the Ukraine War. I don't see the problem with some general news of large scale importance, e.g., a hostile mercenary force is a 4 hour drive away from the capital of the state with the largest supply of nuclear weapons
Agree we shouldn't lose focus but this seems rare and important enough to be worth discussing.
From the guidelines of what is off-topic
"Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon."
- ModernMech 3y agoSlashdot used to get complaints like this all the time (maybe still does, wouldn't know). They would be followed by a recitation of the Slashdot motto: "News for nerds, stuff that matters. This is a story that matters." Usually shut people up immediately. HN also suffers nerds not wanting to hear about anything except nerd shit, but we don't have a handy shorthand to shut down these tedious complaints.
- sph 3y ago[flagged]
- ModernMech 3y agoThe obvious solution for everyone taking the time to comment and complain about how much they don't want to read what they're reading, is for them to just to not read it and move on. That's why the complaints are so tedious.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y agoYou're the only one being obnoxious and snarky.