Hacker News Classics (2018)
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Hacker News Classics (2018)
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Re: Hacker News Classics (2018)
#2I enjoy this idea. Always nice to look at the "classics."
I wonder if maybe the Y logo top left should be removed as it might mislead users into thinking it's a legitimate extension of HN?
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#3It would be cool to have a version sorted by (parenthesized) date.
Oh, and "(1900..2010).each do |year|" is not good: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16444460
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#4Unfortunately HN locks the comments after a while.
Mods: we need a way to fix deadlinks
Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1140283 redirects to wrong place.
Correct new link is https://lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/hollow/tamarack.htm
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#5It is not on https
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#6I've long had this notion that there are two kinds of content on a site like HN:
- temporal, like news, announcements, analysis and discussion on current events. It's usually irrelevant after a while, it gets stale fast.
- atemporal, like essays, history, theory, articles, knowledge in general that while it may get superseded, expanded or invalidated over time, it's interesting content that you learn from, from a current or historical perspective.
While the first kind tends to get more attention due to the clickbaity nature, I much prefer the second kind and wonder if a site focused solely on that would be more interesting.
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#7It is not on https
The submission link needs HTTPS. But the website itself supports HTTPS.
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#8I've long had this notion that there are two kinds of content on a site like HN: - temporal, like news, announcements, analysis and discussion on current events. It's usually irrelevant after a while, it gets stale fast. - atemporal, like essays, history, theory, articles, knowledge in general that while it may get superseded, expanded or invalidated over time, it's interesting content that you learn from, from a cur…
MetaFilter might be for you then
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#9> the web is the greatest library in the history of the world
I think this is web-boosterism. Consider another candidate for greatest library in history of the world: the British Library. 200 million items, most of them available to read at 45 minutes notice, centrally located in one of the worlds most important cities.
I'm bet that 99% of what is on this page is in the BL. Is 99% of what is in the BL on the web?
EDIT: For context, here is some of the stuff in the BL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library#Highlights_of_...
Re: Hacker News Classics (2018)
#10Unfortunately HN locks the comments after a while. Mods: we need a way to fix deadlinks Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1140283 redirects to wrong place. Correct new link is https://lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/hollow/tamarack.htm
Dang has said this is done as a way to preserve history. I think that’s more important than some of the links being outdated.