Ask HN: How / Why do some stories without “Ask HN:” make it to the /ask page?

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Examples:

"Unix time turns 1500000000 today" => https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14764504

"Dev Bootcamp is shutting down" => https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14758364