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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. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I don't feel gratified, this belongs on TLC. Why can't we downvote articles?
Wow, his father sounds like a piece of work. He decides that culture is the only real reason he shouldn't marry someone who was "about 9 to 12" when he's 36. Then his long absences put her at risk of being brutally gang-raped, which happens. She ends up in the US, and eventually goes back without her kids. He tells his kids nothing about her, why she left, who she is, but still has his son beg her to come back in fro…
I thought that the US had laws against "sex tourism" so I wonder if it's possible, at least in theory, that he could get prosecuted for this?
Yes, HN is the appropriate place for this type of posts.
Please re-read the site guidelines. This story is appropriate for HN. It's not a close call. Let's not fall for a superficial definition of "intellectually interesting". The story is also brutal, dismaying, and provocative. Hopefully that won't render substantive discussion impossible, but if it does, we'll do what we usually do and weight the thread.
Sure. Can you provide some examples of what's allowed and not allowed then? Because "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" actually covers each and every topic in the world. When you exclude one topic, you're actually demeaning people who find that topic interesting.
If anyone has any questions, I'm close friends (roommates actually) with David and serve on the board of directors for The Good Project. He just left for Costa Rica on a service learning trip, but I'm happy to answer what I can.
Is the article factually correct? And if so, does he have a strong relationship with his father?
David's relationship with his Dad is still strained from when he was young, there's no denying that (from my perspective). But as David's interest in Anthropology has grown, so has their ability to find common ground as individuals. I've seen him on the phone talking with Dad for hours, just like any other son.
If anyone has any questions, I'm close friends (roommates actually) with David and serve on the board of directors for The Good Project. He just left for Costa Rica on a service learning trip, but I'm happy to answer what I can.
>>His siblings don’t quite understand yet and still want nothing to do with their mother. Has this changed?
His younger brother is also at University studying.
It took David 25 years to take this project upon himself. As things grow, I would not be surprised to see his siblings take interest and get involved, but for the time being, traveling to the Amazon just isn't feasible for either of them.
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Please re-read the site guidelines. This story is appropriate for HN. It's not a close call. Let's not fall for a superficial definition of "intellectually interesting". The story is also brutal, dismaying, and provocative. Hopefully that won't render substantive discussion impossible, but if it does, we'll do what we usually do and weight the thread.
> Let's not fall for a superficial definition of "intellectually interesting". Sure. Can you provide some examples of what's allowed and not allowed then? Because "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" actually covers each and every topic in the world. When you exclude one topic, you're actually demeaning people who find that topic interesting.
If anyone has any questions, I'm close friends (roommates actually) with David and serve on the board of directors for The Good Project. He just left for Costa Rica on a service learning trip, but I'm happy to answer what I can.
Is the article factually correct? And if so, does he have a strong relationship with his father?
(the screenplays are different, but from a similar timeframe between '85 and '94)
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Is the article factually correct? And if so, does he have a strong relationship with his father?
Which aspects are you questioning? It's not my favorite piece I've seen published — I don't think it covers some areas in enough detail and leaves room for insinuation (e.g. Yarima was young when they met, but it wasn't until years had gone by that a relationship occurred. They (David's parents) have spoken as recently as ~7 months ago on a satellite phone, and Yarima has expressed interested on returning to America…