Wow, great find. Thank you for sharing. This is why I love Hacker News, one of the best things on the front page right now! Something that takes me outside my comfort zone and makes me think. These past two days have been some of Hacker News' best.
I have to disagree with that. We've got largely the same story and the same discussion happening ten times over, but I would feel bad about flagging them under the circumstances. I wish HN would get back to normal - and social conventions make me feel bad about thinking that, even though I never knew the guy, he was one of thousands of strangers to die that day.
Most likely, and I share the sentiment. I wouldn't mind having, say, the first thread on this story pinned for a week as the top post to let everyone grieve, protest, vent, ramble and whatnot. Filling up the HN front page for two days in a row though is just too much though and may lead to desensitization.
