> Political content of any kind is considered mainstream and off topic by many people here, and thus unlikely to lead to curious and intellectually stimulating conversation. Which is the only kind of conversation we're allowed to have. Good hackers aren't supposed to find this interesting.

I agree mostly, however the mods repeatedly allow high karma accounts to flame bait and continuously makes exceptions for the worst political threads. The guidelines are very vague and allow for any number of interpretations.

The rules exist through the zeitgeist of the community, not through any text about hacker, novelty, etc.

Thank you for the reply. This I can understand. Hope you have a great weekend!

That is not an accurate estimate, that is the number of bodies that they have managed to count. If people are stuck under rubble or are otherwise "lost" without leaving an identifiable body then they don't go into the official count. And as you can imagine the ability of Palestinian authorities to count bodies is significantly diminished since Israel has destroyed so much infrastructure. We'll only learn of the true number when this genocide finally ends. And then we'll all be shocked and surprised and can join the German civilians after WO2 in saying "Wir haben es nicht gewusst".