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Probably posted based on the earlier post today about Boston's snow problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9842887 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9
by koenigdavidmj 11y ago
Probably posted based on the earlier post today about Boston's snow problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9842887 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9842887
Basically, their snow is dirty enough that there's still a 12 foot pile of the stuff.
- stephengillie 11y agoI think you're right. Sorry for the tangent, but posting to HN seems a rather passive-aggressive way to show someone something. The submitter could have just linked it to the discussion they were having. Instead it's like OP is desperate for attention. Or at least that's how it works on Imgur.
- gitpusher 11y agoHaving not seen the "original" post, this didn't bother me at all :) I had no idea something like pykrete exists, or that it'd be used to build ships (of all things)
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- darkmighty 11y agoYou're concluding too much, it could be just someone found it interesting and decided to share.
- albedoa 11y agoThanks in part to the submitter, the Wikipedia article now exists: 1. In that HN thread, 2. As its own item on HN, and 3. With a link between the two. It has been exposed it to a wider audience than those who clicked the Boston snow thread. Your "passive-aggressive" and "desperate for attention" comments are out of line. There are more than a few differences between HN and Imgur.
- mikeash 11y agoHow the heck is it "passive-aggressive"? Who is being aggressed? OP posted what they thought was an interesting link. Enough other people agreed to vote it onto the front page. Nothing nefarious going on.