[craftyguy]

You just have to look at the front page of 'hacker' 'news' for the last few weeks, it's completely dominated by the mexican beer virus. no technology is being discussed here.

[DyslexicAtheist]

the HN crowd likes data. this is as much about data[1] as anything else - and it's not like the tech topics stopped.

[1] https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19

[craftyguy]

The HN crowd likes to share anecdotes and bikeshed on off-topic topics like this one.