Because it is more focussed on the startup and entrepreneurial side of HN. Just because an individual concentrated in another sector of business other than tech does not necessarily mean that his approach and advice on startups and running a business are no less valuable. Most of all, besides a chef, he is a great business man and the approach he takes when addressing his market could easily parallel a startup. Some of the major common blunders that individuals find themselves in is creating a product that does not speak to a market. He had said in the interview that if his customers demanded fish and chips diner, he would turn the restaurant in a fish and chips diner and would be perfectly content with dropping the finer dining aspects of the business.

In terms of entrepreneurialism, sometimes that best advice or ideas can come from other trades and then making them applicable to you. If you cannot see that, then you might have a little trouble yourself when it comes time to create a start-up.

General purpose business advice is easy to find though. Common sense about giving customers what they want etc... I just prefer the more specific articles on Hacker News that you don't see elsewhere.

Point made and believe me I am usually one to question the relevancy of articles and topics to HN, but in this case the video impacted my perspective on the day, and therefore I supported it. The point about giving customers what they want was to show its relevancy, not the depth of the interview.

Just to turn that around a bit, who's to say that the people voting things up are actually "good hackers"? You? Me? PG? Their karma score? (I'm quite dubious of the latter).

Well, there's a difference between what gets submitted and what gets voted up. The original comment was "How is this Hacker News?".

He's a hacker with food. I had Momofuku Saam last week while in NYC and it was amazing.

I'm a hacker in bed. Seriously... has hacker taken on some new general purpose meaning these days?

So do you normally shout "Call me root baby! Who's your root!" when you're doing your bed hacking?

Hackers are not limited to working with computers. What do you think chefs do in the kitchen when working on new dishes? It's hacking.

Seems a bit of a stretch to me. If I was interested in cookery, I'd be at a cookery site.

The link wasn't even about cookery. It was about a chef (hacker) talking about his business (startup). Quite interesting actually. There is much to be learned outside the valley.

I drove by a neurosurgeon once called Dr. Hacker. ... google ...

http://www.oregonneurosurgery.com/dr_hacker.html