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Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. --Rumi

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tomhow··on How We Used To Get Jobs: A Newspaper Classifieds Story
Fixed, thanks!
tomhow··on Georgia police officers fired after Flock camera misuse
> Brother ... lmao

Please omit swipes and patronizing barbs in comments on HN, no matter how right you are or feel you are. It doesn't make your argument seem stronger, but rather makes you seem like a jerk and makes the whole place seem mean. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

tomhow··on Georgia police officers fired after Flock camera misuse
We can only moderate HN according to the guidelines, not in service of any side or position. We don’t “allow” or “disallow” posts for or against any argument, and it’s important that this is a place where all points of view can be represented, yours as much as anyone else’s. We work hard every day to keep it that way. But the guidelines are critical for keeping discussions healthy and worthy of people’s time to participate in and read. You’re welcome here if you want to engage in curious conversation.
tomhow··on Georgia police officers fired after Flock camera misuse
Please stop. If you keep this up we'll have to ban the account. Please take a moment to read the guidelines and make an effort to participate in the intended spirit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
tomhow··on Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
We've banned this account.
tomhow··on US Military's cyber command unit grapples with cluster of deaths by suicide
We've banned this account for repeatedly attacking fellow community members and refusing multiple appeals from us to stop.
tomhow··on Deletes all instances of Microsoft's GDID and prevents minting of new ones
It's so notable how people who try to attack HN often have very little idea of its character. HN has not been heavily frequented by startup founders hunting VC money for at least 15 years.
tomhow··on Fastmail offers EU data region
Please don't post flamebait or engage in ideological battle on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
tomhow··on CSS: The bomb inside your inbox
We've banned this account.
tomhow··on Everything you do is being recorded
We've added that URL to the thread header.

We don't make a gift link the primary URL because we always want that to be the canonical URL for the article. But it's good to have a variety of options for paywall workarounds.

tomhow··on How Golden Is Silence, Actually?
I've added the archive.is link to the thread header.

> It's not forbidden to post paywalled links on HN, AFAIK.

The FAQ states that it's fine to post paywalled links as long as there is a workaround that everyone can easily access.

tomhow··on How Golden Is Silence, Actually?
Please don't post snarky comments like this on HN. We've wrestled with this for a long time and have settled on the least worst solution: paywalled articles are only allowable if there's an easy workaround that everyone access, like Archive.is, which you've helpfully shared. It's annoying that we have to deal with this issue but we're still better off with the articles than not.

We can do without mean words like “obnoxious” for people contributing interesting articles for the community to read.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

tomhow··on What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers
We've banned this account for continually posting inflammatory comments and ignoring our requests to stop. The guidelines require us to be kind, to avoid flamebait, and to comment without sneering/snark among other things. If you don't want to be banned, you can email us at hn@ycombinator.com and commit to observing the guidelines in future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
tomhow··on The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded
We've banned this account for repeatedly posting unsubstantive and inflammatory comments like this. The guidelines require us to be kind, to avoid flamebait, and to comment without sneering/snark among other things. If you don't want to be banned, you can email us at hn@ycombinator.com and commit to observing the guidelines in future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
tomhow··on My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”
We've banned plenty of your accounts and we'll keep doing it if we must. We all have grotty chores we have to do. You always have the option to make a positive contribution.
tomhow··on Beltrunner: Game Design Postmortem
Please just don't post ragey links like this. Even if it's satirical, it's still mean and can be shocking when it's aimed at you. We're trying for better than this on HN. If a post is badly written, just flag it or email us (hn@ycombinator.com).
tomhow··on São Paulo resident transforms degraded area into urban forest
We tried that but then someone pointed out this one which is even better (and probably the most original source): https://saopaulosecreto.com/en/tiquatira-linear-park-en/
tomhow··on São Paulo resident transforms degraded area into urban forest
Updated, thanks!

Originally submitted URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/in-2...

tomhow··on US beef prices have soared but farmers aren't making more money
Please don't post snark on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
tomhow··on My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”
We've banned this account for going on tilt, posting unsubstantive, flamebait comments. This is not what HN is for, and we've asked you before to observe the guidelines.
tomhow··on A handful of cities have replaced Flock with Axon
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

tomhow··on Scientists discover Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the surface of the Sun
OK, we've rewritten the title, thanks!
tomhow··on Scientists discover Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the surface of the Sun
We updated the main link, many thanks!
tomhow··on GitHub Actions suffers second-longest major outage in its history
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198302.
tomhow··on Why Is the U.S. Running So Low on Weapons?
Please don't use names like “liar” or obsess over upvotes and downvotes. Even if the other commenter instigates the poor behavior, we can't have this kind of escalation or the place will go up in flames. It makes it harder for us to act against the instigator when you do this. Please just flag bad comments and email us (hn@ycombinator.com) in egregious cases. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
tomhow··on Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open
> YC means VC means commercialization means enshitification

It doesn't have to be that way. YC partners are supportive if you just want to take the YC funding and nothing more, keeping the team small and just focusing on making the product better for customers. Indeed YC advises against taking VC if you don't need it.

tomhow··on AMD Acquires Taalas
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201970.
tomhow··on Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks
Launch HN posts for YC-funded startups have been happening several times weekly for nearly 7 years. Job posts for YC-funded startups have been on HN, almost since the beginning.
tomhow··on GitHub Is Experiencing Difficulties
Comments moved thither. Thanks!
tomhow··on I'll be stepping back from leading product for X
Please don't use personal epithets against people here. Sure, critique people's actions. But the guidelines ask us to be kind and to avoid name-calling. Personal meanness is not the energy we want here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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