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What a beautiful story. I come here to Hacker News to get tech related aggregated content. The kind of thing that you don't go out looking for but still say "Oo

by jamra 12y ago

What a beautiful story. I come here to Hacker News to get tech related aggregated content. The kind of thing that you don't go out looking for but still say "Ooh, that's interesting". I really don't want to relive my experiences with cancer here. Why on earth did someone think this is hacker news worthy content?

greedy_buffer 12y ago
It is a commonly made point that the crowd here work on "trivial" things. I think the OP injects some perspective.
TheBiv 12y ago
'Why' questions are always the hardest. Peace be with you on your journey!
saraid216 12y ago
If you don't feel that it's appropriate, flag it and let the mods decide.
hyperbovine 12y ago
I found this story immensely enriching and thought-provoking, which is (in theory) why I read most of the things I read. Win.
Swizec 12y ago
Relevant content to Hacker News is "Anything that satisfies a person's intellectual curiosity." It's not just about technology, it's about interesting things. Which, I think, is what makes HN as valuable as it is. On an unrelated note, your username means "is whining/complaining" in my native language (Slovenian) and I found that interesting given the context.
- vidarh 12y ago
  > "is whining/complaining" in my native language (Slovenian) It's jammern in German, jamre in Norwegian and Danish, and jämra in Swedish. The Scandinavian versions and modern German all comes from Middle Low German. I'm guessing you got the word from German at some point too, as the German version originated from a version without the leading "j".
  - namenotrequired 12y ago
    "jammeren" in Dutch, too.
  - croisillon 12y ago
    That's also how Yammer gets so much success from :)
- jamra 12y ago
  So on an unrelated note, you attack my name ad hominem. Thanks man.
  - Swizec 12y ago
    I didn't attack your name, it's just an interesting observation.
    - dang 12y ago
      Your comment was not just an interesting observation. It was also, obviously, a personal attack. Those are not allowed on HN.
frozenport 12y ago
I agree, but a mechanical explanation is that there a lot more people on HN then before and a lot less technical people. 20 up-votes would be 2 in the before time.
woof 12y ago
Crawl back under your desk and sleep some more, then eat some stale pizza and continue hacking. Who needs a life anyway?

by jamra 12y ago

greedy_buffer 12y ago

It is a commonly made point that the crowd here work on "trivial" things. I think the OP injects some perspective.

TheBiv 12y ago

'Why' questions are always the hardest. Peace be with you on your journey!

saraid216 12y ago

If you don't feel that it's appropriate, flag it and let the mods decide.

hyperbovine 12y ago

I found this story immensely enriching and thought-provoking, which is (in theory) why I read most of the things I read. Win.

Swizec 12y ago

Relevant content to Hacker News is "Anything that satisfies a person's intellectual curiosity." It's not just about technology, it's about interesting things. Which, I think, is what makes HN as valuable as it is. On an unrelated note, your username means "is whining/complaining" in my native language (Slovenian) and I found that interesting given the context.

vidarh 12y ago
> "is whining/complaining" in my native language (Slovenian) It's jammern in German, jamre in Norwegian and Danish, and jämra in Swedish. The Scandinavian versions and modern German all comes from Middle Low German. I'm guessing you got the word from German at some point too, as the German version originated from a version without the leading "j".
- namenotrequired 12y ago
  "jammeren" in Dutch, too.
- croisillon 12y ago
  That's also how Yammer gets so much success from :)
jamra 12y ago
So on an unrelated note, you attack my name ad hominem. Thanks man.
- Swizec 12y ago
  I didn't attack your name, it's just an interesting observation.
  - dang 12y ago
    Your comment was not just an interesting observation. It was also, obviously, a personal attack. Those are not allowed on HN.

frozenport 12y ago

I agree, but a mechanical explanation is that there a lot more people on HN then before and a lot less technical people. 20 up-votes would be 2 in the before time.

woof 12y ago

Crawl back under your desk and sleep some more, then eat some stale pizza and continue hacking. Who needs a life anyway?