With all due respect, this wasn't very constructive. HN is full of new and strange acronyms. Most of us either skip the article about it if we're not interested or simply google the term.
Ethereum is a blockchain based cryptocurrency that also lets you submit programs to the blockchain that nodes around the world run in exchange for a small fee.
I don't know what Uncles are, other than the brother of your father.
The DAO is a smart contract, basically a program, that runs on the Ethereum network. It's a bit of a venture capital fund that was open for 30 days to new investors. People submit investment proposals to TheDAO, and the investors decide if the investment proposal should receive funding. If it does, profits are sent back to TheDAO and distributed to the investors
Well I mean the topic just assumes one knows everything there is to know about the subject, and to me, that's just wrong. I had no idea what any of that stuff meant, so I went to research it, and came back even more confused than I was when I started.
Nevertheless, I thank you kindly for taking the time to explain.
Context-free headlines are a pattern on HN, and apparently are acceptable. Examples include this submission and things like "Buffer layoffs" which was not about staggering layoffs, but about a company named Buffer. Who knew?
What is this platform??? What is "DAO"??? What are "Uncles"??? What is "Ethereum"???