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How does this help me in any way whatsoever at being a better hacker? Except don't become a freelance journalist 2013, like that ever crossed my mind. Might as

• panzagl 14y ago
  You're right, hackers don't produce intellectual property, and they never have issues with people not valuing it. If you think being able to sling code or design a webpage makes you immune from this trend, then maybe you don't have enough imagination to get the most out of this site.
• Kurtz79 14y ago
  If an article is considered uninteresting by the community quickly falls out from the front page. The fact that this one is on top and has received a huge amount of comments already, makes me think that a good part of the people frequenting this site found it interesting and relevant.
• nollidge 14y ago
  You are welcome to try out any of the other fine news establishments this great wide Internet has to offer.
• DanBC 14y ago
  Please have another look at the various guidelines for HN. This post invites discussion on a number of fronts. i) It demonstrates one person's work and information flow through a day. Good hackers will spot opportunities to make that a bit easier. ii) We can discuss the problems of finding good longform journalism. Good hackers will spot opportunities around collation of great articles, or filtering news for people. iii) There are problems around paying people to create decent journalism. There are opportunities around this. The current ad-driven model sucks, with it's reliance on pageviews and linkbait and controversialist nonsense.