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Interesting anecdote, but for the life of me I can't understand what relevance this blogpost could have here on HackerNews

darrenf 11mo ago
Quoting the “what to submit” guidelines: If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
- vacuity 11mo ago
  I find it very hard to judge whether I'm fulfilling that part of the guidelines. I only have a few submissions, and I think I'm good there, but I'm more conflicted when it comes to upvoting or engaging in other people's submissions. For example, earlier today I saw a thread on German laws on date rape drugs. I upvoted the thread. Do I think it's important for people to talk about date rape drugs? Certainly. I'm not sure if it falls under satisfying my "intellectual curiosity", though. Is HN "the right place" for this conversation? I'm not sure, though I think the reality on the ground would say "yes". Most likely, all of this is an organic adaptation that HN has experienced.
MomsAVoxell 11mo ago
Don't be a phony. Be true to yourself. Don't let your life be governed by the mores of others. This article isn't about sexuality. It's about honesty and the impact that artifice can have, not only on your own life, but also on the lives of others. Quite applicable to the HN crowd.
Invictus0 11mo ago
not everything in life is databases and ai
_yb2s 11mo ago
I see these comments on most HN threads that aren’t about tech stuff, but to me these are the best part of HN. I think it should include things people in tech who are also humans find interesting and want to discuss, like this, not just discussions of the latest cpu architecture or whatever. If you don’t find it interesting ignore it, and the algorithm will make it go away on its own if most people agree!
- nmz 11mo ago
  But that's why I'm in HN, If I wanted to read this, I would be in reddit.
  - _yb2s 11mo ago
    It's a different crowd here, I want to discuss those things with this crowd, not the one on reddit.
- fsckboy 11mo ago
  just as HN is segregated from the majority of the web by focused interests within the community at large, within this community there could also be segregation of interests. you don't need to try to stamp it out every time you hear about it, that's like the web trying to stamp out HN
kid64 11mo ago
Because she mentions Obsidian. Though I don't hold that against her.

darrenf 11mo ago

Quoting the “what to submit” guidelines: If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

vacuity 11mo ago
I find it very hard to judge whether I'm fulfilling that part of the guidelines. I only have a few submissions, and I think I'm good there, but I'm more conflicted when it comes to upvoting or engaging in other people's submissions. For example, earlier today I saw a thread on German laws on date rape drugs. I upvoted the thread. Do I think it's important for people to talk about date rape drugs? Certainly. I'm not sure if it falls under satisfying my "intellectual curiosity", though. Is HN "the right place" for this conversation? I'm not sure, though I think the reality on the ground would say "yes". Most likely, all of this is an organic adaptation that HN has experienced.

MomsAVoxell 11mo ago

Don't be a phony. Be true to yourself. Don't let your life be governed by the mores of others. This article isn't about sexuality. It's about honesty and the impact that artifice can have, not only on your own life, but also on the lives of others. Quite applicable to the HN crowd.

Invictus0 11mo ago

not everything in life is databases and ai

_yb2s 11mo ago

I see these comments on most HN threads that aren’t about tech stuff, but to me these are the best part of HN. I think it should include things people in tech who are also humans find interesting and want to discuss, like this, not just discussions of the latest cpu architecture or whatever. If you don’t find it interesting ignore it, and the algorithm will make it go away on its own if most people agree!

nmz 11mo ago
But that's why I'm in HN, If I wanted to read this, I would be in reddit.
- _yb2s 11mo ago
  It's a different crowd here, I want to discuss those things with this crowd, not the one on reddit.
fsckboy 11mo ago
just as HN is segregated from the majority of the web by focused interests within the community at large, within this community there could also be segregation of interests. you don't need to try to stamp it out every time you hear about it, that's like the web trying to stamp out HN

kid64 11mo ago

Because she mentions Obsidian. Though I don't hold that against her.