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Hey, I posted this last night[0]. Every time I think I know how HN works it surprises me again :)

I absolutely loved this article, and am happy to see it get airtime on HN.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19509107

I was also surprised to learn that HN allowed this. Even more surprising is the fact that sometimes it doesn't allow to re-post posts that are months old. I wish it was more clearly documented in the FAQ.

> If a story has had significant attention in the last year or so, we kill reposts as duplicates. If not, a small number of reposts is ok.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

This is what's going on. The previous submission didn't get any attention (votes, discussion) so the repost was allowed after a certain time threshold (about 8 hours).

I appreciate the clarification.

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