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hmm so we have a front page news item on HN everytime a celebrity dies. Michael Jackson was a music "hacker", Cronkite was a news "hacker" ... Hooray for all t

• pg 17y ago
  Will you give it a rest? Someone doesn't have to be a hacker to be worth remembering here, just as stories don't have to be about hacking to be posted here.
  • plinkplonk 17y ago
    " Someone doesn't have to be a hacker to be worth remembering here, just as stories don't have to be about hacking to be posted here." I posted this a while ago, making the same point http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=711362 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=711362 In other words, I agree with you, pg ! I am all for intellectually fascinating stories on the HN front page. ;-)