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1. capabl+42[view] [source] 2021-10-28 09:57:07
>>vincen+(OP)
A collaborative resource with more information about undocumented/norms on HN: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

> Personally, I’d stay at 3. I’d also wait at least a day between re-posts (and try re-posting at different time slots).

Wow, that's not how I parsed the very same reposting rules. If I'm about to submit something and I found an older submission with the same URL, my personal rule is that it should be older than a year ago before I'd submit it again. Three posts with the same URL for three consecutive days seems a bit too much.

> Hacker News is moderated mainly by dang aka Dan Gackle (pronounced ‘Gackley’). He’s not of asian descent

??? Is it common that people think he is Asian for some reason? What a strange paragraph to include...

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2. agusti+13[view] [source] 2021-10-28 10:08:12
>>capabl+42
China has not many surnames I think? A little google search showed that dang is one of them. ``` Chinese : The surname Dang comes from a branch of the ruling family of the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) that spread to the state of Jin and the state of Lu. The character now also means 'political party'. German: from an old personal name Tanco, a cognate of modern German denken 'to think', Gedanke 'thoughts'.

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So I'm guessing if you're from a country where that is a regular surname, you might assume it's like that and not DanG, so yeah I guess that happens

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3. MadeTh+j6[view] [source] 2021-10-28 10:41:31
>>agusti+13
I don't know about China, but in Vietnam there are 14 family names which account for about 90% of the entire population.

Roughly 40% of all Vietnamese people are called "Nguyen", which makes it one of the most common family names in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_name#Family_name

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4. agusti+o7[view] [source] 2021-10-28 10:50:22
>>MadeTh+j6
I remember a developer blog that had that lastname!

Also Diane in Bojack Horseman surname! Guessing she's of Vietnamese ascent!

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