The site guidelines ( http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ) say "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would fi

The site guidelines ( http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ) say "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting." Judging by the comments on this thread, such is the case here.