You've filled a hole reddit was starting to dig(g) in my life. Thanks!

Well its not a totally useless link submission, gives people a chance to comment on the site. I really like the idea of this site, it was the entrepreneurial stuff that brought me to reddit in the first place. It seems like a missed opportunity for reddit though...

Really? I was most interested in the role that news.ycombinator.com is going to play in their application process. I think that it's an absolutely great idea and not only helps Paul but start-up-would-be's as well.

It's cool and all that clicking on the up arrow instantly resorts submissions, but it's also annoying when one is trying to read items in a certain order. I suggest simply removing the triangle. My top feature request: being able to see my own voting history over time.

I absolutely agree with his thoughts on the power of admitting fault. It's a matter of taking responsibility for ones self and it shows character. If only everyone took this advice. PS: nice reddit-esque dealio you have going on here :)

Some problems: 1. There is no direct link back to the main page from the discussion area. 2. Voting seems to be irremediable, if you vote by accident you can’t unvote.

Apparently not even if you post it three times!

great work, I've been waiting for this! features that would be cool: * real user-profiles * rss-feed * startup-wiki for general discussions

3. You can't delete your comment if you posted by accident twice.

Yes, really. That's not to say I'm uninterested in the role that news.ycombinator will play in their application process, too. Once word gets out, it will be very interesting to see what kind of traffic is posted and how the signal/noise ratio changes.

In case you're interested in reading the report, it's at http://216.239.37.132/papers/disk_failures.pdf at least as of 20070220. The report has quite a few graphs, but it has a surprisingly unstatistical flavour about it.

I don't think the fact that the site is written in Arc makes the site itself any more interesting. Arc is interesting, as is the fact that it's to the point where it could be used to make this site.