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I know this is exciting news and all, but: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Hacker News Guidelines What
by bfung 13y ago
I know this is exciting news and all, but:
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Hacker News Guidelines
What to Submit
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, 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.
I'd say trying to rationalize that this story is relevant on HN by saying "startups use SFO" is a stretch. I'd hope that people taking flights out actually check with the airport first before checking HN.
- zhoutong 13y agoFWIW, I was in the airport waiting for my flight to SFO, and I took out my laptop and found this on HN. The counter staff only informed passengers of the news one hour after the HN post.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- tankenmate 13y agoFrom what I saw it impacted before the runway. This brings back memories of the British Airways 777 that came down early due to loss of power to both engines (Speedbird 38, Beijing to London). The cause of that was ice blocking the fuel filters which starved both engines. The thing to check here was what altitude the plane was flying at for most of the flight, and what temperature it was at that altitude along the flight path.
- markdown 13y agoThat icing issue has since been fixed and so is irrelevant to this crash (according to CNN).
- sliverstorm 13y agoIt's interesting in the context of the issues with the 787, which HN has shown plenty of interest in. It could have nothing to do with the 787, but show me lots of articles about the 787 and I'm going to be tangentially interested in the 777. It is also interesting in the context of HN when you think of the people who talk about how airlines need to be disrupted. It serves as a reminder of the stakes- you can't necessarily jump into the airlines business shooting from the hip and hoping for the best.
- adrinavarro 13y agoI believe it is interesting, because accidents such as this one imply a thorough investigation. That is: figure out what went wrong, why and how, and how it can be avoided in the future (and, unlike some people believe, it's never about blaming or suing anyone). That sounds quite hacker-ish to me. It's all about learning to understand facts, understand information and events; and then obtain conclusions and analyze them (when they are released).
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- foobarbazqux 13y agoI also used to complain about off-topic submissions reaching the front page, but doing so is also against the guidelines, so it's better just to flag them and move on. I know it seems like the flagging system is broken at times but I've been convinced that having arguments about it is just a waste of time.
- joshuak 13y agoIn watching how this news has been better (i.e. more acuratly and faster, and also rapidly self correcting) reported on HN then any other news source I'd have to say that HN itself is the relevant on topic idea that good hackers would find interesting. I do. HN is better at news reporting and sifting. I'd like to know why and see if it could be reproduced for the larger public.
- alan_cx 13y ago"anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." No?