Since you took notice of the discussion, I thought I'd point out that in the past, you'd given me flak for copying and reposting a previous comment of mine: ht

Since you took notice of the discussion, I thought I'd point out that in the past, you'd given me flak for copying and reposting a previous comment of mine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16586370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16586370 Now, ColinWright is doing the same thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40797598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40797598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40798216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40798216 Since the rule isn't based on whether you like the content being copied, I thought you'd like to be aware so you can treat his comment the same way. FWIW, I think it's a stupid rule: if you said something just right the first time around, why re-write? It makes perfect sense for Colin to make the same comment again, just as it did in my case! I think he did the right thing! It seems like, in practice, the actual rule is, "you can copy earlier comments, just don't own up to doing it or make it easier to find related discussion of the same point, like Silas did".