[closetohome]

> talking about tech has always tended to lead to a certain amount of political discussion, especially in terms of things like encryption policy, DRM, etc.

Growing up in the era of peak Slashdot it was hard not to view politics through the lens of technology. There were politicians trying to take away my games, and restrict my speech, and put me in jail for downloading MP3s. Fighting those battles through the years has definitely formed my political views.

[mindcrime]

Yep, same here. So yeah, definitely not arguing for a total separation of "tech" and "politics". That's probably not possible. But I do wish HN could move away from the more generic "politics with a tenuous (at best) connection to tech" and "general world news" stuff a bit.