Why I thought this wasn't a good thing to post: ~Anybody could Google this, the article was nothing special, nothing new or groundbreaking, or even an `oldy bu

Why I thought this wasn't a good thing to post: ~Anybody could Google this, the article was nothing special, nothing new or groundbreaking, or even an `oldy but goody` Why an article like http://asm.sourceforge.net/intro/hello.html http://asm.sourceforge.net/intro/hello.html (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1663858 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1663858) is great to post: ~Thoroughly explains how things work, even an experienced programmer would be interested (See `good hackers` below) ~Contains material of discussion worth. "Hacker News Guidelines What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. " EDIT: Yes I figured this would get me a downvote.