I know it is an unpopular opinion, but I'd prefer everyone to switch to the same language. That would greatly simplify a lot of real-world situations, and increase culture proliferation.<p>Along the same reasoning, the less active languages there are out there, the better.
I don't understand the recent spate of China articles on HN. Most appear far more polemic and have a looser relationship with the truth than your typical HN article.
Is this even on-topic for Hacker News?<p>Although looking at the guideline, it seems to be dependent on the reader:<p>[1]Hacker News Guidelines<p>What to Submit<p>On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.<p>Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html</a>