This was posted yesterday and I believe it was 're-upped' by HN admins which happens occasionally to posts that I assume they believe would receive more attenti

This was posted yesterday and I believe it was 're-upped' by HN admins which happens occasionally to posts that I assume they believe would receive more attention if posted at another time. I did not notice the comments at the time and so cannot confirm or deny your theory about the comments. I had assumed that comments to 're-upped' posts (my term, probably not correct) did not accompany the post, but I may be wrong.