You may want to email hn@ycombinator.com to find out why your comments are all dead; I've vouched for a couple of them because they didn't seem to violate any r

You may want to email hn@ycombinator.com to find out why your comments are all dead; I've vouched for a couple of them because they didn't seem to violate any rules, but I would bet asking them for formal guidance would go a long way