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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. mkl+f3[view] [source] 2021-10-28 10:10:25
>>capabl+42
> > 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...

"Dang" is a surname in Vietnam, China, and elsewhere [1], which has led to subthreads like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20643150 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25053380 in which, yes, people thought he was Asian.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dang_(surname)

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3. LewisV+Id1[view] [source] 2021-10-28 17:36:25
>>mkl+f3
Cue the “You’re not Chinese?!?” joke from Seinfeld…
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