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>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

by juped 2y ago

>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

zfg 2y ago
This is history. History is not in your list.
- flanked-evergl 2y ago
  This is an interpretation of a political situation, not a description of the past: «Appeasement of the aggressor seems to be the plan now, as it was with Germany in 1938.» So not history.
  - zfg 2y ago
    What do you think history is for? History is an explanation of the present.
    - flanked-evergl 2y ago
      The definition of history is not "explanation of the present".
      - zfg 2y ago
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        flanked-evergl 2y ago
        From cambridge dictionary: history, noun - (the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, or subject" - something that has been done or experienced by a particular person or thing repeatedly over a long period - something that has been done or experienced by a particular person or thing repeatedly over a long period If everyone uses their own novel definition of words then guidelines means nothing.
bambax 2y ago
> If they'd cover it on TV news Like every single release of a new AI model for example? (or plane crashes)
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workbench1_3 2y ago
You are not wrong, but not all stories (about politics, crime, etc.) are created equal. This one is about an ongoing war, which may soon end or escalate, and that it may cause an arms race (which may have been underway for some time) with implications altering the world order permanently. I suspect more than a few HN readers may be affected by this, and are therefore interested in this article.
- nathanaldensr 2y ago
  Everyone says this when it's a political argument or perspective they agree with. Not everyone agrees with the same perspectives; that's precisely what leads to flame wars and back-and-forth non-intellectual bickering. HN has been taken over by these threads since Trump was inaugurated, and especially since DOGE came into existence. Many of us don't find these discussions intellectually stimulating, especially on a website titled Hacker News.
  - AnimalMuppet 2y ago
    And especially when it's the 57th such thread this week. (Not an actual count...) I mean, look, you can at least make a case that we're in an unprecedented historical situation, and we should discuss that. But it shouldn't be as dominant a topic as it is, not here. If I wanted /r/politics, I'd go to /r/politics.

by juped 2y ago

zfg 2y ago

This is history. History is not in your list.

flanked-evergl 2y ago
This is an interpretation of a political situation, not a description of the past: «Appeasement of the aggressor seems to be the plan now, as it was with Germany in 1938.» So not history.
- zfg 2y ago
  What do you think history is for? History is an explanation of the present.
  - flanked-evergl 2y ago
    The definition of history is not "explanation of the present".
    - zfg 2y ago
      [flagged]
      - flanked-evergl 2y ago
        From cambridge dictionary: history, noun - (the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, or subject" - something that has been done or experienced by a particular person or thing repeatedly over a long period - something that has been done or experienced by a particular person or thing repeatedly over a long period If everyone uses their own novel definition of words then guidelines means nothing.

bambax 2y ago

> If they'd cover it on TV news Like every single release of a new AI model for example? (or plane crashes)

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workbench1_3 2y ago

You are not wrong, but not all stories (about politics, crime, etc.) are created equal. This one is about an ongoing war, which may soon end or escalate, and that it may cause an arms race (which may have been underway for some time) with implications altering the world order permanently. I suspect more than a few HN readers may be affected by this, and are therefore interested in this article.

nathanaldensr 2y ago
Everyone says this when it's a political argument or perspective they agree with. Not everyone agrees with the same perspectives; that's precisely what leads to flame wars and back-and-forth non-intellectual bickering. HN has been taken over by these threads since Trump was inaugurated, and especially since DOGE came into existence. Many of us don't find these discussions intellectually stimulating, especially on a website titled Hacker News.
- AnimalMuppet 2y ago
  And especially when it's the 57th such thread this week. (Not an actual count...) I mean, look, you can at least make a case that we're in an unprecedented historical situation, and we should discuss that. But it shouldn't be as dominant a topic as it is, not here. If I wanted /r/politics, I'd go to /r/politics.