tomhow

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   by tomhow 12d ago

   They didn't file false (or, any) reports. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49701814 .
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   by tomhow 12d ago

   The story has been widely discussed on the web for over a year [1]. It's happily shared in this post because the email it generated was patently ridiculous. No report was filed to the FBI and if it was it would have gone straight to th
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   by tomhow 12d ago

   They're entitled to defend themselves against accusations of things they haven't done, and also to respond to questions or assertions about their project. We encourage project creators to engage in the discussions about their proj
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   by tomhow 12d ago

   The submitter's replies are defensive because people are accusing them of coordinated voting, which is not evident to us. The post hit the front page due to the second chance pool ( https://news.ycombinator.com/pool , ex
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   by tomhow 12d ago

   https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700834
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   by tomhow 12d ago

   The post was placed on the front page via second chance pool ( https://news.ycombinator.com/pool , explained here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 ). This happens all the time on HN. The voting is
7. 37.▲
   by tomhow 12d ago

   Please don't post such contemptuous comments on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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   by tomhow 12d ago

   Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49694296 .
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   by tomhow 13d ago

   It would be crossing a line for us to ban or penalize sites in response to complaints about the back button. In this particular instance, it works fine for me on Chrome. When I test it in Safari, I can see the same behaviour that people are
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    by tomhow 14d ago

    Do you intend to observe the guidelines or not?
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    by tomhow 15d ago

    Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https:/&#x2F
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    by tomhow 15d ago

    We've banned this account.
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    by tomhow 15d ago

    Many thanks!
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    by tomhow 15d ago

    Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662371 .
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    by tomhow 15d ago

    Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662371 .
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    by tomhow 15d ago

    Please don't sneer on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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    by tomhow 15d ago

    Updated from https://gizmodo.com/this-nasa-color-trick-was-meant-for-mars... , thanks!
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    by tomhow 15d ago

    Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49647300 .
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    by tomhow 15d ago

    Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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    by tomhow 16d ago

    WTF? Please don't fantasize about building concentration camps or use vile terms of derision on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here, and we have to ban accounts that do this repeatedly. No matte
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    by tomhow 16d ago

    Almost every comment I can see from this account is a brief, snarky swipe, lacking any substance nor even a period at the end of the sentence, which is a hallmark of low-effort participation. It's honestly hard to know if these comment
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    by tomhow 17d ago

    Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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    by tomhow 17d ago

    Thanks, we've updated the link.
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    by tomhow 17d ago

    People have always complained about HN being too snarky, or snarkier than it used to be. Comments like this don't help; they just compound the snark!
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    by tomhow 17d ago

    Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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    by tomhow 17d ago

    Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630583 .
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    by tomhow 17d ago

    There will always be a range of views about whether an article is good or not; there's no universal definition of “low quality submission”. HN’s ethos is to surface content that “gratifies intellectual curiosity”. Often we only really
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    by tomhow 17d ago

    We've banned this account. Please stop registering accounts to break the guidelines with. It's a waste of everyone's time.
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    by tomhow 17d ago

    We just need you to observe the guidelines, no matter the topic or no matter how much it seems justifiable to overlook them in a particular case. They've been largely constant for nearly 20 years, and HN only continues to be a place wh
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    by tomhow 17d ago

    Related ongoing thread: Tao: Open math problems being non-renewably mined by AI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49616968 - Sept 2026 (276 comments)