I know this is a repost, which is rare for this site, but I feel such a camaraderie with him and the homestate connection I'll vote it up again and again.
I initially posted this story last week, and it didn't get much attention - curiously, the next day I received an email from dang asking that I repost it! From the email:
This is part of an experiment in giving good HN submissions multiple chances at the front page. If you have any questions, let us know. And if you don't want these emails, sorry! Tell us and we won't do it again.
Oh very interesting. Weirdly enough my initial response to you has been upvoted and then downvoted. I don't want to turn this place into Reddit with all the meta talk, but interesting things are afoot.
It's a thumb-on-the-scales type thing. The story floats at the bottom of the front page, and its timer is reset IIRC. The votes still need to come organically, but at least a good story will stand a chance.
I've had several submissions put in the second chance queue. Some take off, some don't. There are a few I plan to keep putting in rotation myself every few months, at least for a while. (Not on any particular schedule, but as I'm reminded of them, often from other relevant discussion.)
This is part of an experiment in giving good HN submissions multiple chances at the front page. If you have any questions, let us know. And if you don't want these emails, sorry! Tell us and we won't do it again.