[tptacek]

Don't do this. Submit a story the normal way, not with a blank URL. Stories with blank URLs are penalized (or were at one point) but, more importantly, submissions to HN are community property, and the person who happens to submit a link first is not entitled to a special commentary at the top of the thread.

[swyx]

while I agree with you, you could go a little easier on OP. this is the OP's first submission. Words like "entitled" and "obnoxious" are a bit much.

[tptacek]

Thanks; in retrospect I'm unhappy with the last sentence, which I think I wrote (unreasonably) anticipating a snippy response, so I deleted it.

[m00s3]

Ah. Didn’t know that