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This should apply only to comments posted after some date, to avoid breaking comments that relied on the old formatting

Any list parsing option would be a bad change / none of the proposed options are good (please specify in the comments)

Most semi-popular threads now contain comments where people try to make lists the usual markdown way, and it turns into one long tangled mess because HN requires a blank line before anything is rendered as a new line.…

This should apply to comments posted at any time

Hyphens at the beginning of a line, so \n-, should translate into - such that it is rendered how the user typed it (very simple code change)

Hyphens at the beginning of a line, so \n-, should translate into , and the whole list needs to be surrounded by (looks slightly nicer and may work better for screen readers(?), but harder to code because you need to…

When browsing HN threads, I often use the new navigation buttons. One can't simply click next, read some comments, and click again to move forwards: the 'next' button will shift per comment depending on username length.…

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The HN homepage has five ranks colored black rather than gray. Currently this is "Learning how to ride a bike", "Log4j: Between a rock and a hard place", "How to train your decision-making AIs", "Carolina Gold was once…

I can't seem to find anything that "just works", specifically for my mom and grandma. Software requirements are simple: easy enough that they can use it after I set it up, and incremental such that the computer doesn't…