>The level of discourse on HN is step beyond any other site I frequent. I agree. HN has recently (in the past 6 months) re-gained a lot of the high-level disc

>The level of discourse on HN is step beyond any other site I frequent. I agree. HN has recently (in the past 6 months) re-gained a lot of the high-level discourse that drew me in I first started lurking 4-5 years ago. Well-done, dang et al.! Not that it was in a hole, but you've succeeded in bringing the site's discourse up a level.