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Comment by andr | Hacker News Reader

1) Write a script to automatically submit every XKCD and TechCrunch post on News.YC.

2) ???

3) Karma profit!

Can we hardcode no-karma for any posts with "xkcd" in the title? I honestly think that's really fair. People might want an XKCD once in a while on the front page if it's really good, and comment on it, but I don't think the submitter should get credit since we all read XKCD anyways.

P.S. Notice I'm not proposing we set no-karma for xkcd.com related entries. Sometimes a thoughtful and non-comical (literally) entry from the xkcd blag is posted.

The good XKCDs deserve karma. Many of them are rather dull comics, but today's is pretty golden.

But everyone will have a different opinion on which ones ARE good. Even this one.

I've got an idea! We can vote, and only the ones that lots of people agree are good go on the front page.

xkcd can actually be quite good. Most of his comics don't reach the top.

Today's comic is actually similar to recent posts on being creative and another Feynman quote on good problems. I wouldn't be surprised if the latter inspired today's comic. This means xkcd is part of the serious hacker conversation on the internet.

xkcd != LOLcats

I think you took the original comment the wrong way; no one said xkcd was bad. Just that every comic gets posted to every social news site every time.

but they don't. Lots of his comics don't last on this site

Um, was that a real Feynman quote? I highly doubt it, there was no Mythbusters during his lifetime, or was there?

I hate people who think it is OK to put their own stupid quotes into the mouths of famous people to give them more leverage...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters

He said it was similar to the posts about the Feynman quote. So the coast is clear, I don't think you hate anyone in this case.

If anyone, xkcd would be the offender here, because he put the rather generic quote into Feynman's speech bubble.

Why stop at xkcd, try digg and reddit... All those news sites should be synchronized. Presumably they eventually will be.

But now you're saying that the best links are available on all the sites...

brb, got some coding to do. ;)

Yes, and they are available on a reoccurring basis. People like this. Soon the internet will be predictably new.

Blame the system.

Can you really blame the system? This site is about submitting awesome links. The second you start limiting sources in anyway, is the second you start limiting awesome.

I visit this site not only for the links but mainly for the comments of intelligent people about those links.

>This site is about submitting awesome links

I thought reddit is about that, not HN

Me posting is about me posting awesomeness. The moment you don't vote me up is the moment Chuck Norris votes his foot through your face. Make sure you vote me up.

dear downmodders,

please spare yters. take me instead.

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