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I am genuinely curious, why is this post on Hackernews' front page? Yes I know this type of comment is typically frowned upon (and will happily accept the down

by tdicola 12y ago

I am genuinely curious, why is this post on Hackernews' front page? Yes I know this type of comment is typically frowned upon (and will happily accept the downvotes), but seriously--a story about cooking beans with some vague science and anecdotes?

briantakita 12y ago
It's ironic that something named "Hacker News" focuses so much on rationalism & observable "proofs". This article seems to be in the spirit of a Hacker. Vague science & anecdotes on something that seems to work is a pathway to discoveries & innovations.
- thrill 12y ago
  There's a difference between hacking and hand waving. One of them generally has some empirical evidence to present afterwards.
dec0dedab0de 12y ago
Maybe people are thinking about lunch.
- yellowapple 12y ago
  I'll be honest: I'm always thinking about lunch.
JustSomeNobody 12y ago
Because, in all seriousness, this is about hacking food. How could it NOT be worthy of HN?
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aqme28 12y ago
Because why not? It fits within the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) after all.
yellowapple 12y ago
It's important to remember that the hacker mentality is not limited to the field of computer science, or even science at all; the concept of creative ingenuity transcends fields and industries.
bunderbunder 12y ago
Per the guidelines: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting." It doesn't say anything about it having to be computer-specific, or technology-specific, or even maker-specific. Just that it has to be something hackers would find interesting. And considering that it made it to the front page, QED.
pauldino 12y ago
I assumed it had something to do with PG's beans & rice being a small bit of YC lore... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=525529 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=525529

by tdicola 12y ago

briantakita 12y ago

It's ironic that something named "Hacker News" focuses so much on rationalism & observable "proofs". This article seems to be in the spirit of a Hacker. Vague science & anecdotes on something that seems to work is a pathway to discoveries & innovations.

thrill 12y ago
There's a difference between hacking and hand waving. One of them generally has some empirical evidence to present afterwards.

dec0dedab0de 12y ago

Maybe people are thinking about lunch.

yellowapple 12y ago
I'll be honest: I'm always thinking about lunch.

JustSomeNobody 12y ago

Because, in all seriousness, this is about hacking food. How could it NOT be worthy of HN?

deleted 12y ago

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aqme28 12y ago

Because why not? It fits within the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) after all.

yellowapple 12y ago

It's important to remember that the hacker mentality is not limited to the field of computer science, or even science at all; the concept of creative ingenuity transcends fields and industries.

bunderbunder 12y ago

Per the guidelines: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting." It doesn't say anything about it having to be computer-specific, or technology-specific, or even maker-specific. Just that it has to be something hackers would find interesting. And considering that it made it to the front page, QED.

pauldino 12y ago

I assumed it had something to do with PG's beans & rice being a small bit of YC lore... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=525529 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=525529