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Re:Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if land... by squeaky-clean on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:45AM (#21992374)
It could be a big story, but unless it's a discussion on a technical failure, it doesn't really belong on HN. Ever since the last big election cycle people have been more strict about not allowing political and world-news posts that aren't related to tech or hacking culture.
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Re:Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if land... by izzydata on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:52AM (#21992450)
In the past big news often made its way to HN. I don't really care about trivial world news so I don't search tons of alternative news sources.

If a nuke was launched and exploded somewhere I'd still expect it to end up on HN despite not being tech news. So the requirement of significance for unrelated news to make it here has gone way up.

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Re:Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if land... by paganel on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:18AM (#21992733)
For what it’s worth I personally think that a nuke being blown off would definitely be tech-related news.
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Re:Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if land... by ta999999171 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:02PM (#21993267)
Nukes are just glorified EMPs these days.
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