I saw this a few days ago - don't remember the source - and moved to click on the HN submission bookmarklet. But then I stopped.
Yes, it's a nice story - very "feel good." Very uplifting. Very encouraging.
But satisfying one's intellectual curiosity?
It's genuinely a great story, but there are hundreds of those out there that I would claim are not in any way appropriate or specific to Hacker News.
And this is one of them.
So to anyone reading this - what do you want HN to be? A place to come for uplifting stories like this? Or a place that's specific to hackers and technical entrepreneurs?
Can it be both? Do you want it to be?
Addendum: I haven't flagged this, because I no longer believe that my preferences and interests are properly and fully aligned with what HN has become. As a result, I don't believe I should flag things unless they're clearly spam.
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[ 6.5 ms ] story [ 19.3 ms ] threadYes, it's a nice story - very "feel good." Very uplifting. Very encouraging.
But satisfying one's intellectual curiosity?
It's genuinely a great story, but there are hundreds of those out there that I would claim are not in any way appropriate or specific to Hacker News.
And this is one of them.
So to anyone reading this - what do you want HN to be? A place to come for uplifting stories like this? Or a place that's specific to hackers and technical entrepreneurs?
Can it be both? Do you want it to be?
Addendum: I haven't flagged this, because I no longer believe that my preferences and interests are properly and fully aligned with what HN has become. As a result, I don't believe I should flag things unless they're clearly spam.