My car-to-work radio is set to a rock-based station. Occasionally they will play a(n overtly) pop song, or two. It's a great station (for me, as the infrequent "not of this genre" surprise keeps me interested. The occasional not-tech story on HN is equally welcome for myself, as the level of comments, and opinions are so much 'higher' than other places. There's always some comment/s that allow me to appreciate another pov, without getting too snarky.

Weird, there are places where political news can be discussed. You feel you need a variety, others might feel rightfully that it should stick to its purpose. Coming back to analogies, I don't send memes to work chats.

Ignore the thread then? There's 100 others

Thanks, I didn't know I could just do that.

Anyway, the success of the rebels is to a degree due to drones, to which Assad's forces didn't have an answer.