Have you ever read the HN guidelines? I advise you to do so. "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and

Have you ever read the HN guidelines? I advise you to do so. "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." I don't know if I qualify as a good hacker, but I sure find this interesting. And the fact that this is on the front page suggests that others do too. [0] http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html EDIT: I have flagged the article too, after reading ajoc's link. You should still read the guidelines, because I (personally) am in doubt that your reason for flagging was 'legitimate'.