Wow, that was fast. I didn't realize HN used hackerne.ws. I've always used news.ycombinator.
Neither did I. Thanks :)
Be warned: it doesn't appear to be the same server. I'm logged into news.ycombinator, but I'm not currently logged in to hackerne.ws. I can only assume it's a different server mirroring it, and unless I know it's run by the same people I'm not willing to type my password into the latter.
It's been around for a long time, and was accompanied by a message from the guy who registered it: