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dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36877774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36877774

• whycome 3y ago
  Weird with that many comments and votes that its on like page 5 of HN and this one quickly shot to front page. Maybe @dang can combine them in a hurry.
  • ToValueFunfetti 3y ago
    I imagine HN's algo punishes high comment/vote ratio submissions because they tend to be controversial.
    • anigbrowl 3y ago
      It does and it's quite annoying, given that controversy is often a source of insight. I think this guy is probably BSing and that these hearings are a sideshow, but I'm still interested in the nuggets that come out of these discussions and don't mind they fall short of being perfect examples of discourse.
    • gs17 3y ago
      It does, the superconductor thread from yesterday had the same issue.