Also, Michael Jackson - still dead!
Ted Kennedy has died
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Re: Ted Kennedy has died
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
So click the "flag" button on the article. If enough of us flag it, then the article gets killed.
"If enough of us flag it, then the article gets killed." I am sure many people are flagging this article. That said, I'd be very surprised if this story got killed. I think the "get enough flags and the story gets automatically killed" feature is overridden for stories with a large number of upvotes and needs moderator approval. I suspect this is one of those cases where the majority of American HN users can't see wh…
I'm not sure it's American vs non-American. As originally pointed out, this will be covered in great detail in the American mainstream media.
It was on the radio as I woke up this morning, it was on the TV as I headed out the door. It's in the NYT. It already is and will be everywhere. Thus even for Americans, what's the point of ALSO having it on HN?
The discussion? But how can any discussion on this topic be anything other then politics?
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#113So you're posting this here just in case hackers don't read newspapers?
Right on. Those of us outside the states just don't care that one of your politicians died - unless he was a competent computer expert. I come here for "Hacker News", not political death notices. Shall I post here when a long-serving New Zealand politician dies?
Ted Kennedy was a well known political hacker.
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#114Why is this here? I'm a US citizen and I still don't think it ought to be.
It shouldn't be, but politics is a religion for many who lean left. One of the biggest liberal names just passed away, so it's here. My comment is way out of line, but so is this submission, but that's what happens when politics is introduced.
It shouldn't be, but politics is a religion for many who lean left
Aw crap, you and I are now gong to start a political argument on HN. Well it's a Ted Kennedy story so here we go.
A clear majority of hackers, including me, are libertarians, not liberals. And I guess (but actually mostly hope) most of the HN readership is libertarian.
And I definitely don't think this belongs on HN. But I also very much doubt "liberals" are voting it up.
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#115For those of you who are questioning why this deserves to be here: obviously HN is predominantly tech/entrepreneur related, but don't be so fundamentalist about it. Ted Kennedy was a prolific senator who was one of the most influential members of the most powerful government in the world -- his death deserves discussion not just among those interested in politics but in other circles as well. HN has a great community…
It is interesting to me because it closes a chapter in American history as the last of the Kennedy brothers. Plus I have already learned a few things I didn't know.
Re: Ted Kennedy has died
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps those of us that like Ted Kennedy weren't the ones bashing Michael Jackson? I'm inclined to forgive people their many, many errors. I see no harm in looking at a man's accomplishments and ignoring his failures. Michael Jackson was a man who changed the entertainment world. Ted Kennedy spent decades fighting for his causes without rest. Each did unpleasant things, but those things don't eliminate the good each…
He did pay one serious price in that incident made him unelectable as US President.
It should have made him unelectable as Senator as well. If his name had been Smith instead of Kennedy then it would have.
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#117Ok, now I see why we should stay away from politics on HN. Too many people are downvoting/upvoting based on their political perceptions of TK. Do you really need to downvote someone into the negative for simply saying they liked the guy?
Re: Ted Kennedy has died
#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
It shouldn't be, but politics is a religion for many who lean left. One of the biggest liberal names just passed away, so it's here. My comment is way out of line, but so is this submission, but that's what happens when politics is introduced.
It shouldn't be, but politics is a religion for many who lean left Aw crap, you and I are now gong to start a political argument on HN. Well it's a Ted Kennedy story so here we go. A clear majority of hackers, including me, are libertarians, not liberals. And I guess (but actually mostly hope) most of the HN readership is libertarian. And I definitely don't think this belongs on HN. But I also very much doubt "libera…
I'll end it. I hope you have a wonderful day my dear HN friend.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find it strange that this comment is getting upvoted. For instance, you can fly to literally the other side of the world in one day for less than two week's pay at even a poorly paying job. Not that long ago, it took a few days to go from Boston to New York on horseback. Credit cards facilitated online shopping and the internet as we know it. As someone whose taken credit cards, I hate giving up the 2.x%, but it's…
I have experienced shockingly mean service in the quasi-private sector. Like idlewords said, it was something where I didn't have a choice. At the University of Pittsburgh, Sodexho is the exclusive provider of on-campus food. The food and service have since gotten better, but my freshman year, Sodexho had a policy of hiring many ex-convicts for their food service positions. I ate at the sub place on campus a lot beca…
Sodexho seems to have an exclusive contract to provide lousy, overpriced food at just about every US university I've been to. I've never understood how they keep getting these contracts. But this is, of course, the problem with the quasi-private sector... they don't have to please their customers, they just have to please the university administration once every N years so they get an exclusive monopoly on every outlet within walking distance.
Re: Ted Kennedy has died
#120Why is this here? I'm a US citizen and I still don't think it ought to be.
It shouldn't be, but politics is a religion for many who lean left. One of the biggest liberal names just passed away, so it's here. My comment is way out of line, but so is this submission, but that's what happens when politics is introduced.
Saying "politics is a religion for many who lean left" is deliberately inflammatory. You don't get to blame the topic of conversation for your own bad behaviour.