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Well, lots of vitriolic responses here. Let me say that I don't really have a strong opinion on this article here because I don't really wish to delve into the entire bibliography,…

This isn't ad hominem, it's directly related to the topic at hand (ethics, motivations in journalism). Ad hominem doesn't mean the mistakes of the past can't be mentioned, it means…

NOTE: Techraptor is a site set up by Gamergaters to talk about games and tech news without reprecussions from people who find their views exclusive of progressives, minorities, fem…

The major issue is the revenue stream to the creator was removed. Someone (facebook and/or the page) was profiting directly or indirectly from the work, and not the author. That's …

MUDs are significantly different in that you have to read, solve, and think a lot more rather than the "watch six timers tick down and then hit a button" gameplay loop of most mode…

This is a big enough project to justify a bespoke wiki-style system. Perhaps a thesis project for someone, along with tooling to convert existing content from TAOCP. Get some kind …

There's a lot of law in California related to this specific IP topic, but IANAL so maybe someone with legal experience could chime in.

It's a social experiment involving technology. Pretty much directly in the crosshairs of a lot of hacker news readers.

I agree there's disparity in artistic prominence here but I was going for more of a metaphor than a comparison.

Yeah, just like abuse of photocopiers. They're meant for letter size documents only! http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artmarketwatch/warhol-... Nobody is required to use a giv…

Wired Magazine did a stunt where they ran an early ASIC miner as a coffee warming coaster in their office and displayed it on a webcam.

I think this is roughly how demos (in Quake, et al) are recorded. I think most demos also include the state introduced by RNG if the game involves that. It's interesting to think a…

So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness. We have heard of those princes' heroic campaigns. The first word of the first known Engl…

This doesn't apply very well... HN is heavily archived... this comic is about being rude to people for not knowing about something, not justifying shoving the same cyclical content…

We're only 10 minutes in.... Get flagging, people.

That's one specific (and extremely counter-intuitive and complicated) area where reporters probably have weak domain knowledge. It's somewhat unfair to extend that criticism to eve…

I don't follow Al Jazeera America personally (I think they are mostly focused on TV?) but I know there are a lot of parallels to RT. It's not blind "hate" for Al Jeezera as much as…

The official cyber force of China is not the biggest suspect in most attacks like this. The loosely controlled civilian hacker force (think privateer pirates) launch most ddos-styl…

I can almost guarantee that most of those outlets have more stringent policies regarding fact-checking and quotation than the "average" internet source.

New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle, and many others. I'm sick of this mentality that old-media news is all evil. Fox News and MSNBC are not the …

I think you've hit on something here, whether it was an intentional motive for the video or not. Piracy occupies a weird place in the world of music production - most DJs probably …

Yes. It would be a good way to fix misclicks. However, I would recommend a quick time-delayed lockout similar to that present for comment editing (or is that lockout related to chi…

I'm not sure what's notable about this bug - I think most of these sites are run by the same company but that's the only point of interest I can find.