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Duplicate.

• ivanbakel 6y ago
  You should link to previous (more active) discussions if you want to claim that the submission is a duplicate. That said, the statute of limitations has expired on this one, since the most recent big discussion I can see was 11 years ago[0]. Those comments are an interesting read-through, since more than one person directly challenges the relevance of the submission. These days, not many people on this website would feel that a short personal retrospective on cyber culture and the 90s is out-of-place. Was the HN of a decade ago more hardline with its focus on interesting hacker pieces? [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=740760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=740760
  • NiceWayToDoIT 6y ago
    Same thing was posted 5 times as that is the only content on that web site. Last time was commented 6 years ago ... not 11 years ago. - The Guy I Almost Was (electricsheepcomix.com) 2 points by smacktoward on July 18, 2017 | past - The Guy I Almost Was – Graphic Novel by Patrick Sean Farley (electricsheepcomix.com) 1 point by msh on May 17, 2017 | past - The guy I almost was (1998) [techno-futurism expose comic] (electricsheepcomix.com) 4 points by coldtea on Oct 29, 2015 | past - The Guy I Almost Was (electricsheepcomix.com) 6 points by niels on Mar 30, 2014 | past | 1 comment - The Guy I Almost Was (1998) (electricsheepcomix.com) 105 points by juliankrause on Aug 4, 2009 | past | 25 comments
    • ivanbakel 6y ago
      The "most recent big discussion" is still 11 years ago. As your list shows, all the more recent submissions got much less attention - most don't have even 1 comment. HN permits some duplicates, particularly over a long enough time. Even recent duplicates are allowed, if previous submissions did not generate discussion but the moderators feel that the content is interesting enough and that it didn't get a "fair shake".
      • NiceWayToDoIT 6y ago
        Thanks. I will unflag.