Presumably nobody informed the mods (before i did) and it was very early in the morning in the US (assuming mods are based in the US). That would explain the delay.

Anyway, going forward, if anything like this happens again folks should simply shoot an email immediately to the mods and if the topic is really interesting deserving of more discussion they can always request the mods to keep the post on the frontpage for a longer time period via second-chance pool etc.

It just takes a minute or two of one's time and hence not worth getting het up over.

It would be easier for everyone involved, and not depend on mods being awake, if HN didn't just automatically drastically change the meaning of headlines.

Again, this post was misrepresenting Raymond's words for over 7 hours. That's most of its time on the front page. The current system doesn't work.