Apparently this was discussed here while the investigation was ongoing, and an H...

nuclearnice1 · 2024-01-18T01:48:18 1705542498

Be sure to read that link with showdead.

thedrake’s victorious final comment “ SOLVED!!!!!! I spent several hours looking for an axe or a hatchet or an Ubåt…” is dead.

Possibly because of a heuristic aimed at killing spam posts with too many links.

dang · 2024-01-18T04:19:05 1705551545

Thanks! it's https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14673626 and I've unkilled it now.

(It was killed because of the lmgtfy link btw)

geor9e · 2024-01-18T06:54:11 1705560851

I still don't get it. That comment just says they searched google images for axe pics. In Chinese, for some reason. They don't even address the letter Y mystery.

slim · 2024-01-18T11:33:07 1705577587

in china because there's 80% chance that ball was made there

slim · 2024-01-18T11:19:28 1705576768

is there a way to show [flagged] and [delayed] ?

dang · 2024-01-18T22:32:47 1705617167

[flagged] shows on comments when flags significantly outweigh downvotes.

[delayed] shows when a comment isn't being displayed yet because it's still less than N minutes old, where N is the 'delay' setting in the commenter's profile (about which, see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html).

Does that answer your question?

slim · 2024-01-19T05:46:42 1705643202

it answered it for [delayed], thanks :) so there is no way to show [flagged] ?

dang · 2024-01-19T19:04:02 1705691042

We have different mental models here; in mine, that question isn't well-formed, so I need to know what you mean by it :)

cactusplant7374 · 2024-01-18T14:43:10 1705588990

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pksebben · 2024-01-18T15:38:13 1705592293

I hesitate to engage, but I'm curious. What, in your opinion, is "HN Worthy" exactly?

cactusplant7374 · 2024-01-18T15:57:18 1705593438

[flagged]

pksebben · 2024-01-18T16:16:20 1705594580

c'mon, man, that's not an answer. I'm asking for details!

The value I can see in this post, as relates to what I think merits HN:

- there's a deep dive into researching a supply chain

- the research in question is an outstanding example of OSINT

- great reading over a cup of coffee

- I didn't have to read about freaking NFTs or anybody's politics

cwmoore · 2024-01-18T05:29:53 1705555793

[flagged]

mynameisvlad · 2024-01-18T06:22:04 1705558924

Or they used a link which triggered an automated anti-spam mechanism.

But no, it's definitely a political censorship issue.

jiveturkey · 2024-01-18T04:50:26 1705553426

the alibaba link in that thread (from 2017) doesn't work anymore -- product no longer available