8.9 earthquake hits Japan • Hacker News Board

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by mdpm » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 12:57 PM UTC

Sandman wrote: post #95

oldstrangers wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would like to think that HN had some compassion for their fellow users (HN has a lot of Tokyo based startups/hackers), not to mention humans in general. In a scenario like this, who gives a fuck if it's off topic? And for the record, I saw the story here first, so I am thankful for that.

There are plenty of sites for general news. HN is not one of them. The reason you saw it here first is because somebody posted it here despite what the guidelines say, and you happened to come at the right moment, before you checked other news sites you usually do. The fact that you saw it here first does not change the fact that the article is, according to guidelines, off-topic. Oh, and FYI, not posting this articl…

Just because you're sitting in a gentlemen's club in the midst of erudite conversation doesn't mean you're not going to point out that the place across the road is currently on fire.

Absolutes are silly.

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by krig » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 2:35 PM UTC

melvinram wrote: post #123

Red Cross and others will likely be jumping to the aide of those who have been affected by this disaster. If you have a website, please consider adding a message and link to the Red Cross donation website or the link to the donation page of any other website. To get it up ASAP, I've used the HelloBar ( http://www.hellobar.com ) on my site. You can see a working version of it at http://www.webdesigncompany.net but rea…

I tried adding this to my tumblr, but the hello bar unfortunately conflicts with the tumblr controls at the top right (it gets pushed down). Not sure how to resolve that. :/

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by godforce » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 4:25 PM UTC

melvinram wrote: post #123

Red Cross and others will likely be jumping to the aide of those who have been affected by this disaster. If you have a website, please consider adding a message and link to the Red Cross donation website or the link to the donation page of any other website. To get it up ASAP, I've used the HelloBar ( http://www.hellobar.com ) on my site. You can see a working version of it at http://www.webdesigncompany.net but rea…

Where do I add it in WordPress and BuddyPress?

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by dtelepathy » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 4:34 PM UTC

krig wrote: post #252

melvinram wrote: post #123

Red Cross and others will likely be jumping to the aide of those who have been affected by this disaster. If you have a website, please consider adding a message and link to the Red Cross donation website or the link to the donation page of any other website. To get it up ASAP, I've used the HelloBar ( http://www.hellobar.com ) on my site. You can see a working version of it at http://www.webdesigncompany.net but rea…

I tried adding this to my tumblr, but the hello bar unfortunately conflicts with the tumblr controls at the top right (it gets pushed down). Not sure how to resolve that. :/

You can change the positing setting to cover page content. Here's an example: http://www.arookiemistake.com/

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by dtelepathy » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 4:35 PM UTC

godforce wrote: post #253

melvinram wrote: post #123

Red Cross and others will likely be jumping to the aide of those who have been affected by this disaster. If you have a website, please consider adding a message and link to the Red Cross donation website or the link to the donation page of any other website. To get it up ASAP, I've used the HelloBar ( http://www.hellobar.com ) on my site. You can see a working version of it at http://www.webdesigncompany.net but rea…

Where do I add it in WordPress and BuddyPress?

Here's a simple WordPress plugin to install the code: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hellobar/

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by friedrich5 » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 5:33 PM UTC

melvinram wrote: post #123

Red Cross and others will likely be jumping to the aide of those who have been affected by this disaster. If you have a website, please consider adding a message and link to the Red Cross donation website or the link to the donation page of any other website. To get it up ASAP, I've used the HelloBar ( http://www.hellobar.com ) on my site. You can see a working version of it at http://www.webdesigncompany.net but rea…

On a "blogspot: blog, where does it go? Or can you get google to make it appear on all blogs for a period of time ?

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by skybrian » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 6:12 PM UTC

melvinram wrote: post #123

Red Cross and others will likely be jumping to the aide of those who have been affected by this disaster. If you have a website, please consider adding a message and link to the Red Cross donation website or the link to the donation page of any other website. To get it up ASAP, I've used the HelloBar ( http://www.hellobar.com ) on my site. You can see a working version of it at http://www.webdesigncompany.net but rea…

Here's the best article I've seen about how to donate:

http://blog.givewell.org/2011/03/11/japan-earthquaketsunami-...

"At this point we strongly recommend holding off on giving to this relief/recovery effort. We believe that money isn’t a cure-all, and that there can be such a thing as an 'overfunded' relief effort even in a devastating disaster. We don’t know yet whether that is the case with Japan, but we believe that the next few days will bring valuable information about it (and we will be providing updates in this space). We also believe that waiting a few days will not diminish the impact of your donations."

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by dkarl » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 7:33 PM UTC

Who is responding to this catastrophe? Is it the defense forces, state police, or is it just international agencies? I imagine a comprehensive aerial survey happening _immediately_, helicopters showing up with emergency supplies and defense troops or police within hours, and so on, but the government has produced ridiculously inaccurate casualty numbers and has blamed lack of contact with the affected area for their ignorance. It makes me think nobody is actually there. Can somebody fill us in on what is being done to help the people who are there?

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by herronicoras » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 7:40 PM UTC

melvinram wrote: post #123

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Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Post by yaoiadiccion » Sat, Mar 12, 2011, 9:04 PM UTC

melvinram wrote: post #123

Red Cross and others will likely be jumping to the aide of those who have been affected by this disaster. If you have a website, please consider adding a message and link to the Red Cross donation website or the link to the donation page of any other website. To get it up ASAP, I've used the HelloBar ( http://www.hellobar.com ) on my site. You can see a working version of it at http://www.webdesigncompany.net but rea…

new HelloBar(3823,9104);