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That seems.... not true. HN doesn't actually send the page. It just gives the URL that lets me go to that page. Then another server sends it. Or at least tries. Sometimes the traffic is too much and the page goes down. In that case HN is very much not responsible for sending the page!

Yea, makes me wonder about the technical chops remaining at YC. I guess you don't need technical chops to run YC at this point, but pg earned the respect of hackers by being the real deal. Or maybe they've implemented some kind of proxy service.

Perhaps they mean the case when you're navigating within the HN site itself.

OK, we get it, YC launched a new site -- That doesn't mean that gimmicks on that new site need to make the front page of HN.

Agreed. Burying as dupe.

Except when they don't.

Because, sometimes, they won't.

I'm sorry to say so

but, sadly, it's true

that unknown

or expired link

can happen to you.

I don't understand.

You know how normal sites are mired with mumbo-jumbo, and lots of it? Eg. http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/

YC policy in comparison is: click a link we provide the relevant content.

Oh, they should have more. User assumes all risks, and the content is not guaranteed to be non-pornographic in nature, we absolve ourselves should your head explode, yadda, yadda. Okay, maybe a little out there, but a lot of the term are there for the business' protection. There are a lot of ways to be sued that still fall within legal bounds; especially when user generated content is involved.

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