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Re:Show HN: News Minimalist – All news ranked by significance by maeil on Saturday January 18, 2025 @12:53AM (#42746197)
I hadn't seen this comment and just wrote pretty much a mirror one - Wikipedia overly focuses on one-off accidents and events, rather than news with long-term implications.

Does your service do a good job at thinking longer term? Would you have an example of this?

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Re:Show HN: News Minimalist – All news ranked by significance by yakhinvadim on Saturday January 18, 2025 @01:20PM (#42750208)
It's hard to measure, but I see such stories sometimes, mostly in technology and science.

A couple recent examples:

[Significance 6.7] China outlines ambitious space strategy to surpass US by 2050 [1]

[Significance 5.9] Scientists explore ocean floor findings that could reveal oxygen on other planets [2]

[1] https://www.newsminimalist.com/articles/china-outlines-ambit...

[2] https://www.newsminimalist.com/articles/scientists-explore-o...

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