This is the site author[0].. and has asked this new account (/their account) that prior.. to foster conversation.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425909

thank you @gnabgib i appreciate you tracing the relationship between me and andy - he is a known reader of my blog and i appreciate all his comments, yes. fostering conversation is the reason why we write!!

if a tree falls in a forest but nobody is around to discuss it, did it really ever get digested into the mainstream culture?