I'm familiar with the history. Whatever eusman's original stated intentions with the domain, my points stand. Using/linking-to News.YC via a nonofficial 3rd-party domain is a risky habit.
You should also note the claimed owner of the 'hackerne.ws' domain left as an active user in a huff over 2 years ago:
Re:Who is your hero?
by jcsalterego on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @01:43PM
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Oh, well I will continue using hackerne.ws in my browser but refrain from propagating the URLs. Cheers.
If you search for it http://searchyc.com/hackerne.ws, there's more discussion.