Edit: I ended up merging the current thread into https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42897871, since both are general posts about more or less the same topic, but also re-upping https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877910 since it seems to be the most neutral news report.
I guess the idea is to have https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877910 be about the recent events and keep https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42897871 for discussing / arguing about the generic aspects.
(Sorry for the complexity but in this case it appears to be essential not accidental)
Edit: I ended up merging the current thread into https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42897871, since both are general posts about more or less the same topic, but also re-upping https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877910 since it seems to be the most neutral news report.
I guess the idea is to have https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877910 be about the recent events and keep https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42897871 for discussing / arguing about the generic aspects.
(Sorry for the complexity but in this case it appears to be essential not accidental)