It's laughably easy to grab a temporary e-mail and set up a throwaway account in just a few minutes. I did it for Twitter just a few weeks ago, even.
Surely someone on HN is capable of gritting their teeth here, and understands that Eric doesn't want to have to set-up a whole account and e-mail verification system.
Surely someone on HN is capable of gritting their teeth here, and understands that Eric doesn't want to have to set-up a whole account and e-mail verification system.