Because this is a site dedicated to programming and programmers' news. I can understand the NSA spying on its citizens being a relevant topic for this site, but now that the only thing keeping the news 'breaking' is his flight path, this story is no longer relevant. Important, sure. But not relevant to this website.
Because this is a site dedicated to programming and programmers' news. I can understand the NSA spying on its citizens being a relevant topic for this site, but now that the only thing keeping the news 'breaking' is his flight path, this story is no longer relevant. Important, sure. But not relevant to this website.
Because HN isn't a politics site. In fact it's not even a tech news site. That's what the likes of mashable are for.
Technology is a tool, how you use that tool is an expression of politics, whether or not you consciously think it is.
It is inevitable that on a technology site, politics relating to technology will come in.
Do they need to be ~80% of the front page though?
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