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What a strange coincidence that HN banned political discussion for a week yesterday.
Is that allusion to a conspiracy pro-Trump or anti-Trump?
I noticed you said that in another place too and replied there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13125358.

This is randomness doing its usual thing and looking like narrative rather than randomness. Not only do we have no idea whatever of anybody famous's schedule (or care, really), the odds that some "what a strange coincidence" event would come up this week are surely not that small.

This is both amusing and slightly terrifying.

I think he'll be in mending bridges mode. He needs SV if he is serious about reform.

On the other hand the Media had their Red Wedding.

“It was like a fucking firing squad,” one source said of the encounter.

I wonder what it's like to be shouted at by somebody with access to nuclear weapons.

This is the third article submitted about the story, yet it keeps getting flagged.

Political stories with a strong tech component don't fall under the ban, yet people are using it as an excuse.