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Slightly (or completely) off-topic but you really are a taxi driver? I'm curious why you read HN and how you found it.

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I'm a presenter on an FM radio station and I read HN daily.

My work is in a medium many people here would consider to be irrelevant, or even dying.

I'm interested in the world outside my current narrow field of work, I'm interested in how the concepts and ideas discussed here can help my medium stay relevant in this age, and I'm interested in the careers of the future.

My current work won't last forever, I know that, and the more I know now, the better-prepared I'll be.

For the same reason that pizza delivery drivers (ahem) do. The Internet is wide open, and even aspirational hackers and wantrapreneurs can benefit from lessons learned. I read pg's essays starting in 2006.

I try to convert everyone I know to some of the topics found here, it's indeed very useful mainly in times like these where a job is something not available for everyone. I really like seeing all these different people reading HN.

My taxi driver two weeks ago turned out to be a retired IT manager, who liked to have something to do outside of the house, so had three shifts/week lined up.

I was surprised too!

I meant to vote you up and hit the wrong arrow. Sorry :(

I see this a fair bit and wonder if moving the arrows further apart (formally by PG or using GreaseMonkey in the interim) has been discussed?

I don't have any down arrows, otherwise I would post code instead of just a suggestion.

I absolutely would love to see the arrows resized when viewing using a mobile device.

The solution is not "make it harder to make a mistake" but rather make it possible to change your vote (like Reddit).

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