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304 votes, 75 comments 3 hours after posting and this is already being thrown all the way back to 134 rank on the front page with some 2-3 day old posts. This i

by asdff 2y ago

304 votes, 75 comments 3 hours after posting and this is already being thrown all the way back to 134 rank on the front page with some 2-3 day old posts. This is very clearly hacker news: a case of opsec slipup in easily the worst fashion coming straight from the SecDef (or one representing the SecDef). A shame it is probably getting flamed and downvoted over partisan reasons, although I know there are many conservatives here who probably don't enjoy these constant leopards eating face moments they've unleashed and am not surprised they'd be acting out and flagging embarrassing posts.

hnburnsy 2y ago
>A shame it is probably getting flamed and downvoted over partisan reasons Is this the forum for this type of news? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html... 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.
- lcc 2y ago
  Like the parent said, a tech-related opsec failure at this level is absolutely something a 'good hacker' would find interesting.
  - hnburnsy 2y ago
    >tech-related opsec failure Not sure that 'fat fingering' on a mobile device rises to the level of tech-related opsec. The choice to use a non-government approved device certainly is news, but not necessarily Hacker News. Plenty of better places to debate it.
    - cmilton 2y ago
      >Plenty of better places to debate it. I often see this comment, but there are never any sources provided. Any links to share?
- MrMan 2y ago
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- lemon_zest 2y ago
  There was a post about George Foreman in the front page the other day so why not this one?
- deleted 2y ago
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sethammons 2y ago
this site has some governors in place to prevent a flood of low quality engagement. If things rise too fast, they get pushed down a little and cool off and rise back up. No great conspiracy as I found this thread at the top of HN a day later.
- bcye 2y ago
  Is there a place where all these rules are written? There's so much supposed meta-HN knowledge in the discussions
  - 0xDEAFBEAD 2y ago
    Read dang comments? https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang
jml7c5 2y ago
People often flag politics-related posts because the comments are invariably of low quality. The interesting discussion is generally about technical issues, but that is usually overwhelmed by political opinions. This happens on both sides of the spectrum. There are lots of other places to discuss politics.

by asdff 2y ago

hnburnsy 2y ago

>A shame it is probably getting flamed and downvoted over partisan reasons Is this the forum for this type of news? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html... 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.

lcc 2y ago
Like the parent said, a tech-related opsec failure at this level is absolutely something a 'good hacker' would find interesting.
- hnburnsy 2y ago
  >tech-related opsec failure Not sure that 'fat fingering' on a mobile device rises to the level of tech-related opsec. The choice to use a non-government approved device certainly is news, but not necessarily Hacker News. Plenty of better places to debate it.
  - cmilton 2y ago
    >Plenty of better places to debate it. I often see this comment, but there are never any sources provided. Any links to share?
MrMan 2y ago
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lemon_zest 2y ago
There was a post about George Foreman in the front page the other day so why not this one?
deleted 2y ago
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sethammons 2y ago

this site has some governors in place to prevent a flood of low quality engagement. If things rise too fast, they get pushed down a little and cool off and rise back up. No great conspiracy as I found this thread at the top of HN a day later.

bcye 2y ago
Is there a place where all these rules are written? There's so much supposed meta-HN knowledge in the discussions
- 0xDEAFBEAD 2y ago
  Read dang comments? https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang

jml7c5 2y ago

People often flag politics-related posts because the comments are invariably of low quality. The interesting discussion is generally about technical issues, but that is usually overwhelmed by political opinions. This happens on both sides of the spectrum. There are lots of other places to discuss politics.