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I'm going to complain about the relevance of this post just to get to read the rationalizations for why this sort of thing belongs here. It's like "hacking" the
by twoodfin 13y ago
I'm going to complain about the relevance of this post just to get to read the rationalizations for why this sort of thing belongs here. It's like "hacking" the earth? Hackers live on the same planet as the rest of us? Fracking rhymes with hacking?
- Zikes 13y agoMaybe you can start with the HN Guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- twoodfin 13y agoIn what sense does this article "gratify intellectual curiosity"? I mean any more than anything else on the typical USA Today environmental beat.
- TallGuyShort 13y agoI believe Zikes is referring to this: Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.
- logicallee 13y agoIMHO hackernews is for the thought leaders of the world who are objectively smarter and more visionary than the rest (this is not a value judgment, and I mean "objectively" literally), while operating machinery in a capitalist system that hugely leverages their power so that they are, or can be, like philanthropist robinhood-tycoons, who do not need to exploit anyone or anything, but can create value out of thin air. (As, indeed, they do, starting by using their own labor to produce value far, far in excess of the market price of that labor.) That's how I see startups, at least. You might have a different opinion of course. If you don't want to be powerful, don't found a startup, or read a site dedicated to this. If you do, then get a conscience while you do it. On the other hand, there is a bit of a dearth of actual startup news these days.
- judk 13y agoI too enjoy sharing this space with fellow thought leaders Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Randy Cohen, Peter Singer, ...
- ryguytilidie 13y agoWere you hoping someone would be proud of your snark while missing the point?
- Shivetya 13y agoI read it as, boy do people here vastly overestimate themselves.
- logicallee 13y agoIt's about the goal. I think the site is not doing well at it at the moment. However the original link is more than justified.
- logicallee 13y agoThere are indeed some people of the likes of Larry page and Mark Zuckerberg who know about this site. It is, after all, the new Slashdot. That is one of Paul Graham's goals. Of course, you are right in that he's not doing well at it these days.
- logicallee 13y agoI will just say that Mark Zuckerberg spoke numerous times at YCombinator. I doubt very much that he hasn't read this site.
- kungfooguru 13y ago"who do not need to exploit anyone or anything, but can create value out of thin air." I think this now takes the title for "stupidest thing I've read on HN."
- jdminhbg 13y agoI flagged this, like I flag all the political flamebait topics that recur here (minimum wage, mincome, health care pricing, etc.), but I think the Snowden/NSA articles kind of permanently tipped the balance here. I definitely understand the argument that they were on-topic, but they mainstreamed political discussion, and now having stupid partisan flamewars here is commonplace.