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I tried scanning the article to find out what made it illegal, and was fairly disappointed to find that (once again) I'd been lured by a sensationalist headline

I tried scanning the article to find out what made it illegal, and was fairly disappointed to find that (once again) I'd been lured by a sensationalist headline.

onedev 14y ago
It says right in the article what made it illegal. Take some goddamn time to read if you're that interested.
- prodigal_erik 14y ago
  The title is supposed to tell us whether the article is worth reading. Most anyone who cares about Hacker Dojo already knew about their retrofit funding problem; there's little fresh news here.
ekianjo 14y ago
Yeah, the headline did make it sound like hackers were protecting The Pirate Bay headquarters or something... we should be able to downvote bad titles :)
- neurotech1 14y ago
  Except the title is straight from the NY Times! I'm shocked they could publish a biased, misleading story.
  - ekianjo 14y ago
    I did not realise that. Wow, the NY times is really turning into a tabloid these days...
johnpmayer 14y ago
Ugh: "What it does not have, according to city officials, are things that would make it an office. It doesn’t have enough fire exits, sprinklers or wheelchair-accessible bathrooms, as required by city regulations."
- caseysoftware 14y ago
  Obviously these guys are up to no good with their illicit "hacking." Isn't that code for "making meth"? And a Dojo!? They probably run Fight Club style events too. Software developers are known troublemakers. If you don't keep an eye on them, they'll type away all night optimizing code and drinking caffeine. What about the children!?
rprasad 14y ago
Not being up to code makes it illegal to occupy the building. I'm not quite sure why the NY Times would leave something like that out; it's possible that code violations are more prevalent in NY and thus the import need not be explained.
- rprasad 14y ago
  Really? Of all the comments on this thread, this is the comment that gets downvoted? If you're going to downvote a statement of fact, at least explain why you think it's wrong.
  - icebraining 14y ago
    Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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I tried scanning the article to find out what made it illegal, and was fairly disappointed to find that (once again) I'd been lured by a sensationalist headline.

onedev 14y ago

It says right in the article what made it illegal. Take some goddamn time to read if you're that interested.

prodigal_erik 14y ago
The title is supposed to tell us whether the article is worth reading. Most anyone who cares about Hacker Dojo already knew about their retrofit funding problem; there's little fresh news here.

ekianjo 14y ago

Yeah, the headline did make it sound like hackers were protecting The Pirate Bay headquarters or something... we should be able to downvote bad titles :)

neurotech1 14y ago
Except the title is straight from the NY Times! I'm shocked they could publish a biased, misleading story.
- ekianjo 14y ago
  I did not realise that. Wow, the NY times is really turning into a tabloid these days...

johnpmayer 14y ago

Ugh: "What it does not have, according to city officials, are things that would make it an office. It doesn’t have enough fire exits, sprinklers or wheelchair-accessible bathrooms, as required by city regulations."

caseysoftware 14y ago
Obviously these guys are up to no good with their illicit "hacking." Isn't that code for "making meth"? And a Dojo!? They probably run Fight Club style events too. Software developers are known troublemakers. If you don't keep an eye on them, they'll type away all night optimizing code and drinking caffeine. What about the children!?

rprasad 14y ago

Not being up to code makes it illegal to occupy the building. I'm not quite sure why the NY Times would leave something like that out; it's possible that code violations are more prevalent in NY and thus the import need not be explained.

rprasad 14y ago
Really? Of all the comments on this thread, this is the comment that gets downvoted? If you're going to downvote a statement of fact, at least explain why you think it's wrong.
- icebraining 14y ago
  Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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