[Chichikov]

Huh. Cool. I just kind of figured I'd stumble across an answer to that one and here I am. Makes good sense too. Thanks.

Hey, here's a question, why does the comment reply link sometimes not render until I refresh the page? Are they on a timer or something?

[cdcarter]

Yes, if a thread is gaining posts too quickly, HN will suppress reply buttons to try and prevent people from making hasty/not well thought out posts.