not news, and [...] not particularly related to hackers
True – neither of which is the mandate of the site. The mandate is to be intellectually interesting. I found it interesting to read such a lucid letter by a man who knew he would be murdered and didn't seek to avoid that fate. I also find a journalist whose primary commitment is to truth to be as interesting as the other rare species people sometimes post to HN.
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not news, and [...] not particularly related to hackers
True – neither of which is the mandate of the site. The mandate is to be intellectually interesting. I found it interesting to read such a lucid letter by a man who knew he would be murdered and didn't seek to avoid that fate. I also find a journalist whose primary commitment is to truth to be as interesting as the other rare species people sometimes post to HN.