Reposts are fine if a story hasn't had significant attention yet! In fact, if the story is a good one, they're helpful, because they mitigate the randomness of what gets noticed on /newest.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

On a side note: wondering why the Starlink maritime coverage link [1] has made it to the homepage, but the hacking stuff never did.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32426281

Randomness.

wow, lots happened in just one single day... thanks and voted