Dumb Question: Why do you do what you do and or are you a bot? If the latter, why doesn’t HN just automate this?
permo-w•Feb 7, 2026
Probably angling to curry favour with the site
mulmen•Feb 7, 2026
HN does dedupe on a timer. If it has been a little while reposts are allowed to get a chance of reaching new eyeballs.
gundmc•Feb 7, 2026
In this case it's not a direct duplicate of the link, but another post on the same topic. I find there is value in reading through the previous discussion that I may not have otherwise seen.
tokyobreakfast•Feb 7, 2026
I've seen this account dupe-post twice on a story that was flagged, then later vouched.
Which is a telling bug for a bot to have.
Brajeshwar•Feb 7, 2026
LOL! I also found that our dear friend ChrisArchitect, sees them (maybe s/he uses a tool), and I just refer to them to see duplicates I might have missed/submitted. I see no harm, and it is a thankless job. We also know that sometimes duplicates are the only way to resurface interesting and curious articles.
Spooky23•Feb 7, 2026
I can’t wait until some bored rich dude funds a trad-gas influencer campaign.
“With universal income, most people simply don’t need surplus IQ. But we waste billions on repair of engines suffering with substandard gas”
tokyobreakfast•Feb 7, 2026
We already have trad-gas.
It's called ethanol-free and people gladly pay a premium for it.
It's far better for your engine, it's what the car manufacturers use to determine the gas mileage, and Californians can only dream of having it.
vlovich123•Feb 7, 2026
Ethanol free fuel in an engine designed for ethanol blend can result in incomplete combustion, leaving deposits in fuel injectors and valves. The car companies don’t care about this for the purposes of determining gas mileage.
Californians I think still remember the smog of the 90s in LA that kicked us to make our air pollution standards the highest in the nation. Going away from that I think sounds more like a nightmare than a dream for most Californians.
Spooky23•Feb 7, 2026
That’s different. My newish snowblower has to meet California standards to avoid smog in Los Angeles. It’s super sensitive to any gas issues and basically needs a carb cleaning annually.
My previous machine ran for about twenty years with normal ethanol mix.
Putting it in almost any car made this century is just wasting money.
cortesoft•Feb 7, 2026
As someone who remembers the smog that we used to have here in Southern California, I don't mind leaving the trad-gas in my dreams if I can keep the massively improved air quality in my reality.
adrianN•Feb 7, 2026
It’s probably a bit late for that. BEV will have taken the market four new cars before such a campaign could take root.
kazinator•Feb 7, 2026
We should be using leaded solder though! Campaign away ...
Spooky23•Feb 7, 2026
We can charge those batteries while we drive, with generators powered by Freedom Fuel.
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Which is a telling bug for a bot to have.
“With universal income, most people simply don’t need surplus IQ. But we waste billions on repair of engines suffering with substandard gas”
It's called ethanol-free and people gladly pay a premium for it.
It's far better for your engine, it's what the car manufacturers use to determine the gas mileage, and Californians can only dream of having it.
Californians I think still remember the smog of the 90s in LA that kicked us to make our air pollution standards the highest in the nation. Going away from that I think sounds more like a nightmare than a dream for most Californians.
My previous machine ran for about twenty years with normal ethanol mix.
Putting it in almost any car made this century is just wasting money.