On: Pykrete

[stephengillie]

I think you're right.

Sorry for the tangent, but posting to HN seems a rather passive-aggressive way to show someone something. The submitter could have just linked it to the discussion they were having. Instead it's like OP is desperate for attention.

Or at least that's how it works on Imgur.

[albedoa → stephengillie]

Thanks in part to the submitter, the Wikipedia article now exists:

  1. In that HN thread,  
  2. As its own item on HN, and  
  3. With a link between the two.

It has been exposed it to a wider audience than those who clicked the Boston snow thread.

Your "passive-aggressive" and "desperate for attention" comments are out of line. There are more than a few differences between HN and Imgur.

[mikeash → stephengillie]

How the heck is it "passive-aggressive"? Who is being aggressed?

OP posted what they thought was an interesting link. Enough other people agreed to vote it onto the front page. Nothing nefarious going on.

[gitpusher → stephengillie]

Having not seen the "original" post, this didn't bother me at all :) I had no idea something like pykrete exists, or that it'd be used to build ships (of all things)

[darkmighty → stephengillie]

You're concluding too much, it could be just someone found it interesting and decided to share.

[raldi → darkmighty]

Actually, I did it for the karma.

[davesque → raldi]

Good plan. It worked! :)

I did find it interesting though.