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Environmental news do not spark lively discussions here Well... some do - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4244787 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42447

by nsns 14y ago

Environmental news do not spark lively discussions here Well... some do - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4244787 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4244787

noiv 14y ago
Mmh, 40 comments, 90 days ago. The use of semicolons in Javascript gets more response here every week.
- jakejake 14y ago
  It is sad but, to be fair, this is a tech forum and there are places to go for other types of news.
  - mattmanser 14y ago
    It's not even a 'to be fair', this has got nothing to do with programming or startups. Why would it get upvoted or discussed? It's more like to get flagged as OT.
    - corporalagumbo 14y ago
      The Hackernews news guidelines define appropriate content as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." [1] It's a personal measure, to be sure, but count me as one curious data point that finds considering major ecological changes in the world intellectually gratifying. [1] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
      - mattmanser 14y ago
        Seriously, what's intellectually gratifying about it? It's outrageous, sad, worrying, but intellectually gratifying? That's a very big stretch. There are places to go for this kind of news and here ain't it.
        noiv 14y ago
        May be one should put it different: If connection lines get interrupted by tornadoes, storms, what ever, would this topic then qualify your subjective criteria? Or even more to the point, would you support a HTTP error code 456 indicating service interrupted by climate change?
      - jakejake 14y ago
        There's thousands of humanitarian discussions that we could discuss - human trafficking, politics, wars, global warming etc. Speaking for myself, it's not that I don't want to discuss these issues - it's just that I come to HN for tech-specific topics. I don't think the community should be judged as having no compassion or care of the environment just because they want to keep the HN topics focused on tech. But regardless, the story made it to the front page so obviously enough people felt it was relevant.

by nsns 14y ago

Environmental news do not spark lively discussions here Well... some do - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4244787 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4244787

noiv 14y ago

Mmh, 40 comments, 90 days ago. The use of semicolons in Javascript gets more response here every week.

jakejake 14y ago
It is sad but, to be fair, this is a tech forum and there are places to go for other types of news.
- mattmanser 14y ago
  It's not even a 'to be fair', this has got nothing to do with programming or startups. Why would it get upvoted or discussed? It's more like to get flagged as OT.
  - corporalagumbo 14y ago
    The Hackernews news guidelines define appropriate content as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." [1] It's a personal measure, to be sure, but count me as one curious data point that finds considering major ecological changes in the world intellectually gratifying. [1] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - mattmanser 14y ago
      Seriously, what's intellectually gratifying about it? It's outrageous, sad, worrying, but intellectually gratifying? That's a very big stretch. There are places to go for this kind of news and here ain't it.
      - noiv 14y ago
        May be one should put it different: If connection lines get interrupted by tornadoes, storms, what ever, would this topic then qualify your subjective criteria? Or even more to the point, would you support a HTTP error code 456 indicating service interrupted by climate change?
    - jakejake 14y ago
      There's thousands of humanitarian discussions that we could discuss - human trafficking, politics, wars, global warming etc. Speaking for myself, it's not that I don't want to discuss these issues - it's just that I come to HN for tech-specific topics. I don't think the community should be judged as having no compassion or care of the environment just because they want to keep the HN topics focused on tech. But regardless, the story made it to the front page so obviously enough people felt it was relevant.