Re:Ask HN: Do you believe in ghosts?
by lutusp on Sunday October 21, 2012 @11:00PM
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> For the Hacker News Guidelines - "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity".
They also say: "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
The phrase you quoted from the guidelines probably causes more confusion than it prevents, because IMHO it means anything that would gratify a hacker's curiosity, but it isn't worded that way.
I always obey the writer's rule -- before posting something, for a while I read what others post about, to find out what's really topical.
They also say: "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
The phrase you quoted from the guidelines probably causes more confusion than it prevents, because IMHO it means anything that would gratify a hacker's curiosity, but it isn't worded that way.
I always obey the writer's rule -- before posting something, for a while I read what others post about, to find out what's really topical.