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0 pointsdeadbabe9mo ago0 comments

The reason for flagging here is simple: while interesting, this has nothing to do with tech or startups. A laptop was mentioned, but that’s about it.

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tsimionescu9mo ago

HN is not strictly about tech or startups. So there is no reason to flag something based solely on the fact that it's not about tech or startups.

5mv29mo ago

Thankfully it's clarified here:

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

But I think it's best to let the people vote if they value a story on how lifestyle hacking can help you go straight to building startups instead of having to first save up in a job.

tsimionescu9mo ago

That's a page about Show HN, not HN in general. The guidelines for news stories like this one are here:

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

Specifically, I was paraphrasing this part:

> That includes more than hacking and startups.

Also this was not about voting or not voting, but about people flagging the submission.

account429mo ago

What HN is or is not about is largely decided by flags (besides more direct moderator invention) so your reasoning is circular. If something is flagged then it's because enough people don't think it belongs here.

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tsimionescu9mo ago

HN is not strictly about tech or startups. So there is no reason to flag something based solely on the fact that it's not about tech or startups.

5mv29mo ago

Thankfully it's clarified here:

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

But I think it's best to let the people vote if they value a story on how lifestyle hacking can help you go straight to building startups instead of having to first save up in a job.

tsimionescu9mo ago

That's a page about Show HN, not HN in general. The guidelines for news stories like this one are here:

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

Specifically, I was paraphrasing this part:

> That includes more than hacking and startups.

Also this was not about voting or not voting, but about people flagging the submission.

account429mo ago

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