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I can think of times when I've been the single up-vote and/or single comment on a submission of yours. The most recent one that comes to mind easily is your post on a claim about total memory in ancient computers (I think it was 53K in 1953 if my memory serves).

It wasn't that the post lacked detail or depth, instead, it's a problem of varying interests; few people have an interest in ancient computer system design and history, let alone know what "mercury delay line" memory is.

When you combine a more esoteric interest with the fast queue of the HN '/newest' page, the result is an exposure, visibility, and discovery problem, rather than any real flaw in your content.

Also, robertjmoore, thanks for a great article with data.



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