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Just out of interest: what do you think is on-topic for HN? Also, from the guidelines. > 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.
Well you just said it: "Anything that good hackers would find interesting" and not "Anything that anyone would find interesting".
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Just out of interest: what do you think is on-topic for HN? Also, from the guidelines. > 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.
Well you just said it: "Anything that good hackers would find interesting" and not "Anything that anyone would find interesting".
That clock tower and hotel are an abomination and in bad taste.It's as if someone decided to put a Las Vegas style Casino style building right next to the Vatican.
Mecca seems like a pretty fascinating place. It's a terrible shame non-Muslims are banned.
That clock tower and hotel are an abomination and in bad taste.It's as if someone decided to put a Las Vegas style Casino style building right next to the Vatican.
I know I used to work for Dar Al Handasha (who designed that clock tower) and even as a non mulslim I think its a shocking way to treat they holy places.
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Well you just said it: "Anything that good hackers would find interesting" and not "Anything that anyone would find interesting".
What's the difference?
While I found this article interesting in itself, it's something that can be interesting to anyone, regardless of its background.
While harmless at first look, this can be an issue if too many content fall into this category.
Then you end up with a reddit clone instead of HackerNews. I'm here to see hacker news, not interesting stuff for anyone.
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Just out of interest: what do you think is on-topic for HN? Also, from the guidelines. > 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.
Well you just said it: "Anything that good hackers would find interesting" and not "Anything that anyone would find interesting".
Oh wait.. /s
Amazing city. It's unfortunate the Ajyad Fortress (1) had to be demolished to make way for the tower with the largest clock face in the world (2). I also note every time I visited a devout Muslim's small business or home, and they have a picture of the Grand Mosque, it's free of the new modern additions that will facilitate two million (and growing) pilgrims who visit every year. I suppose the Saudi government didn't…
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Well you just said it: "Anything that good hackers would find interesting" and not "Anything that anyone would find interesting".
If only there was a way people could vote on certain stories based on if they felt the article was interesting or not. Oh wait.. /s
I said it IS interesting ... to anyone.
You see the content drive the audience and then the audience drive the content.
Too much broad interesting articles and it's not Hacker News anymore.