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Apparently this was discussed here while the investigation was ongoing, and an HN user (thedrake) was responsible for finding the ball on alibaba: https://news

Apparently this was discussed here while the investigation was ongoing, and an HN user (thedrake) was responsible for finding the ball on alibaba: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14672359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14672359

nuclearnice1 3y ago
Be sure to read that link with showdead. thedrake’s victorious final comment “ SOLVED!!!!!! I spent several hours looking for an axe or a hatchet or an Ubåt…” is dead. Possibly because of a heuristic aimed at killing spam posts with too many links.
- dang 3y ago
  Thanks! it's https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14673626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14673626 and I've unkilled it now. (It was killed because of the lmgtfy link btw)
  - cactusplant7374 3y ago
    [flagged]
    - pksebben 3y ago
      I hesitate to engage, but I'm curious. What, in your opinion, is "HN Worthy" exactly?
      - cactusplant7374 3y ago
        [flagged]
        pksebben 3y ago
        c'mon, man, that's not an answer. I'm asking for details! The value I can see in this post, as relates to what I think merits HN: - there's a deep dive into researching a supply chain - the research in question is an outstanding example of OSINT - great reading over a cup of coffee - I didn't have to read about freaking NFTs or anybody's politics
  - geor9e 3y ago
    I still don't get it. That comment just says they searched google images for axe pics. In Chinese, for some reason. They don't even address the letter Y mystery.
    - slim 3y ago
      in china because there's 80% chance that ball was made there
  - slim 3y ago
    is there a way to show [flagged] and [delayed] ?
    - dang 3y ago
      [flagged] shows on comments when flags significantly outweigh downvotes. [delayed] shows when a comment isn't being displayed yet because it's still less than N minutes old, where N is the 'delay' setting in the commenter's profile (about which, see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). Does that answer your question?
      - slim 3y ago
        it answered it for [delayed], thanks :) so there is no way to show [flagged] ?
        dang 3y ago
        We have different mental models here; in mine, that question isn't well-formed, so I need to know what you mean by it :)
- cwmoore 3y ago
  [flagged]
  - mynameisvlad 3y ago
    Or they used a link which triggered an automated anti-spam mechanism. But no, it's definitely a political censorship issue.
jiveturkey 3y ago
the alibaba link in that thread (from 2017) doesn't work anymore -- product no longer available

nuclearnice1 3y ago

Be sure to read that link with showdead. thedrake’s victorious final comment “ SOLVED!!!!!! I spent several hours looking for an axe or a hatchet or an Ubåt…” is dead. Possibly because of a heuristic aimed at killing spam posts with too many links.

dang 3y ago
Thanks! it's https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14673626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14673626 and I've unkilled it now. (It was killed because of the lmgtfy link btw)
- cactusplant7374 3y ago
  [flagged]
  - pksebben 3y ago
    I hesitate to engage, but I'm curious. What, in your opinion, is "HN Worthy" exactly?
    - cactusplant7374 3y ago
      [flagged]
      - pksebben 3y ago
        c'mon, man, that's not an answer. I'm asking for details! The value I can see in this post, as relates to what I think merits HN: - there's a deep dive into researching a supply chain - the research in question is an outstanding example of OSINT - great reading over a cup of coffee - I didn't have to read about freaking NFTs or anybody's politics
- geor9e 3y ago
  I still don't get it. That comment just says they searched google images for axe pics. In Chinese, for some reason. They don't even address the letter Y mystery.
  - slim 3y ago
    in china because there's 80% chance that ball was made there
- slim 3y ago
  is there a way to show [flagged] and [delayed] ?
  - dang 3y ago
    [flagged] shows on comments when flags significantly outweigh downvotes. [delayed] shows when a comment isn't being displayed yet because it's still less than N minutes old, where N is the 'delay' setting in the commenter's profile (about which, see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). Does that answer your question?
    - slim 3y ago
      it answered it for [delayed], thanks :) so there is no way to show [flagged] ?
      - dang 3y ago
        We have different mental models here; in mine, that question isn't well-formed, so I need to know what you mean by it :)
cwmoore 3y ago
[flagged]
- mynameisvlad 3y ago
  Or they used a link which triggered an automated anti-spam mechanism. But no, it's definitely a political censorship issue.

jiveturkey 3y ago

the alibaba link in that thread (from 2017) doesn't work anymore -- product no longer available