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A random article from 5 years ago doesn't own this concept.

You don’t need to credit anyone. It isn’t a school paper. And no death clocks are an older idea than this webpage.

The other responses to this comment seem oddly defensive to me.

I was thinking the same thing - in particular, the format and the connection to famous milestones are similar in a way that's uncanny.

Yep. Something fishy about got defensive the replies are. Besides, its not just an idea from a "random inter Blog from 6 years ago", Tim Urban also shows it in his popular Ted(x) talk

It's Hacker News. It's not defensiveness; it's a check on social norms to remain positive.

For business ideas, originality is great, but execution is everything.

For hacker ideas, originality is great, but the hack value is everything.

There's nothing gained by poo-pooing someone else's fun little project.

Be positive, encourage more hacking, encourage more people building things.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to type this out- I really appreciate the feedback & insight.

you seem to be assuming it's such an utterly genius idea that they had to have stolen it as opposed to just coming up with it by themselves