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• stephengillie 11y ago
  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. What part of this story gratifies your intellectual curiosity?
  • vonklaus 11y ago
    Communities working on safe solutions to societies problems. I shouldnt have to justify why I find something interesting, nor should you have to justify why it isn't. There are many stories on the front page and the gravity algo wil make sure they turn over if they aren't useful to the community.
  • thedufer 11y ago
    If we're quoting the guidelines: > Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.)