HACKER Q&A
📣 sin2pi

Is it ok to post academic papers for discussion?


I am brand new here and I found a paper on relative locations with a question about the authors use of hilbert's axiom of betweenness. Is this appropriate content for HN?


  👤 boulos Accepted Answer ✓
Sure! It’s always a gamble as to whether or not your content will get noticed, but there are non-computing topics discussed all the time.

I’d caution you that the usual discussions end up being about popular reporting on results (like the recent Conway knot proof), but there are definitely experts on HN in many fields.


👤 kelnos
Just FYI: please don't submit meta-questions like this. If you think something might be of interest to the community, just post it and see what happens. If you're really unsure, you can email hn@ycombinator.com and ask for the mods' opinions, but that's usually not necessary.

👤 jlgaddis
Your question is answered in (the very beginning of) the HN guidelines [0].

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[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html