Pykrete - Hackdot

Re:Pykrete by stephengillie on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @07:07PM (#9848728)

I think you're right.

Sorry for the tangent, but posting to HN seems a rather passive-aggressive way to show someone something. The submitter could have just linked it to the discussion they were having. Instead it's like OP is desperate for attention.

Or at least that's how it works on Imgur.

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Re:Pykrete by albedoa on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @08:05PM (#9848975)

Thanks in part to the submitter, the Wikipedia article now exists:

  1. In that HN thread,  
  2. As its own item on HN, and  
  3. With a link between the two.

It has been exposed it to a wider audience than those who clicked the Boston snow thread.

Your "passive-aggressive" and "desperate for attention" comments are out of line. There are more than a few differences between HN and Imgur.

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Re:Pykrete by mikeash on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @08:06PM (#9848979)

How the heck is it "passive-aggressive"? Who is being aggressed?

OP posted what they thought was an interesting link. Enough other people agreed to vote it onto the front page. Nothing nefarious going on.

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Re:Pykrete by gitpusher on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @07:21PM (#9848800)

Having not seen the "original" post, this didn't bother me at all :) I had no idea something like pykrete exists, or that it'd be used to build ships (of all things)

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Re:Pykrete by darkmighty on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @07:23PM (#9848808)

You're concluding too much, it could be just someone found it interesting and decided to share.

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Re:Pykrete by raldi on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @10:16PM (#9849399)

Actually, I did it for the karma.

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Re:Pykrete by davesque on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @11:54PM (#9849725)

Good plan. It worked! :)

I did find it interesting though.

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