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why is this on HN?
by gonzo 14y ago
why is this on HN?
- davidw 14y agoBecause someone found it interesting, and it's not an article about a poisonous topic like politics/economics. I didn't find it terribly interesting myself (the article was too short), so I did not vote for it, but it doesn't seem likely to generate boring/repetitive discussions, either.
- yareally 14y agoYeah, something fresh and unique article wise can never hurt. I always figured the mentality of a hacker was to be curious about everything in the world around them, even if it's not directly related to start ups, programming and technology. Curiosity leads to wanting to figure out why things are as they are and how they can be improved. Never know when something seemingly independent can lead to some other inspiration. However, I do agree the content is lacking and it says that the actual research behind it is on an open site (though no link). Would have been nice to link that instead of the above link. Since it wasn't posted here's the direct link to the research: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0050840 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjourna...
- Gmo 14y agoWell, you could argue this is hacking on the side of the catfish.
- trentlott 14y agoSo you can work it into the Powerpoint for your next VC pitch.
- marshray 14y agoSo who is the pidgeon and who is the catfish in that situation?
- TillE 14y agoObviously the catfish is disrupting the food industry, catching those lazy entrenched pigeons off guard.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoI would say the catfish entrepreneurs are eating them for lunch. :-) And hey, after you've demonstrated that with the right motivation a fish can learn to eat adult birds, how much of a stretch is it to believe that our team can pull of this idea with your backing?
- thamer 14y agohttp://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://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.
- loboman 14y agoBecause it is interesting. Actually it is more interesting and novel than much of the other news items that you can see in the front page.
- IheartApplesDix 14y agoBecause HN is moving away from being a an admin dominated board for promotion to being a community driven site for curiosity. I noticed the admins kind of gave up about 2-3 months ago. Chances are they're using a private site for internal news of interest.