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N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

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Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#31

Another article that shows HN turned into a regular American newspaper.

You don't think this headline will be running across all the world's newspapers tomorrow?

I don't give a piece of shit to international politics. If I did, I would read globalsecurity.org which does it very well.

BTW American newspapers are much more interested at the politics of other countries because of the leadership of US.

Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't think this headline will be running across all the world's newspapers tomorrow?

I think he thinks exactly that. Which is why it makes a bad HN submission. Flagged.

I flagged it too. I don't know why you're downvoted. I wanted to say sth for myself, but maybe I'll stick to quoting 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.

Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."

Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#36

I've lived in South Korea for two years and this is the most I've ever heard people talk about Kim Jong Il or North Korea. Even the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island in 2010 didn't generate this much talk. This is also the first time I've ever heard anyone tell a joke about North Korea. People are telling jokes in the street right now.

What's an example of the kind of jokes South Koreans tell about Kim?

Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#38

I've lived in South Korea for two years and this is the most I've ever heard people talk about Kim Jong Il or North Korea. Even the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island in 2010 didn't generate this much talk. This is also the first time I've ever heard anyone tell a joke about North Korea. People are telling jokes in the street right now.

Get some video! I'd love to hear what others are saying.

Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#39
post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think he thinks exactly that. Which is why it makes a bad HN submission. Flagged.

I flagged it too. I don't know why you're downvoted. I wanted to say sth for myself, but maybe I'll stick to quoting 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. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unle…

Flagged also. A million places I can go for this sort of news.

Re: N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il dies

#40
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the black bar policy out of interest?

pg places a black bar on top of the orange bar when some one significant dies.

I think it's specifically only for someone significant to the computing/hacker community.
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