Hacker News Reader

I know that comparing "hacker" "news" to reddit is "boring" (as dang would put it), but these types of "when this post is X <time units> old <some mundane thing> will happen" are low quality, but highly upvoted garbage that is super common on reddit. And now it's here.

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Personally, I found this post interesting. I had never seen the site they linked before, and I found it to be a generally fascinating observation.

Why do you feel it's low quality?

it's useful for less than an hour after submission in one city on earth

Meh, I see your point, however it's many cities, not one, and possibly one of the largest concentration of hn readers. We're talking about something in orbit, so the visibility is over a pretty wide area. And it't not like it ever reached the front page (as far as I know). I don't think there was great harm done. Glad some people appreciated it. I certainly won't repeatedly post it for the several viewings that happen per week! Maybe if there's an especially good one in the future... we'll see.

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