That previous thread was from 2016. HN Guidelines allow reposting of an article if it hasn't had significant discussion in the last year: https://news.ycombina

That previous thread was from 2016. HN Guidelines allow reposting of an article if it hasn't had significant discussion in the last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html However, links to the original discussion of an old article might be useful if people are interested in the topic but no discussion occurs on the current posting. Or, the previous discussion may have some interesting comments that are worth revisiting.