It's just how Hacker News works - people like older articles to be tagged by year. It's to make it easier to spot things that they may have already read, or that may be interesting but not as current.
I guess I am getting old and crotchety, so if somebody posts an article about aliasing artifacts using vector EE equipment to play galaxy wars, the quote "[1968]" doesn't seem necessary. It's relevant or not and while time makes all things irrelevant -- it wouldn't be on HN if it wasn't relevant to someone now.
Hmm. I need to rethink my think about that one.
[I am still personally triggered by the people who really really didn't get and yet dog-piled on the Alvy-Smith Rasterization post which remained true - but no one got it. Again ... I need to rethink my think.
I guess I am getting old and crotchety, so if somebody posts an article about aliasing artifacts using vector EE equipment to play galaxy wars, the quote "[1968]" doesn't seem necessary. It's relevant or not and while time makes all things irrelevant -- it wouldn't be on HN if it wasn't relevant to someone now.
Hmm. I need to rethink my think about that one.
[I am still personally triggered by the people who really really didn't get and yet dog-piled on the Alvy-Smith Rasterization post which remained true - but no one got it. Again ... I need to rethink my think.
Thank you]