> HN, I just typed a long response to a comment below but can't post it becuase I'm "submitting too fast." Cut the crap and tell me about that before I write a long comment.
Use the back button to get back to the page you posted it from. The text is still there in the text window. Copy it.
That is, the text is probably there. HN seems to be better at preserving it than many other sites, but I don't guarantee that this will work.
Thanks, but I know that. It's just that I want to write a comment, post it, and move on.
I don't want to go back, leave the tab open, and have to remember to try again in 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, and so on.
Today, I actually did the dishes and the laundry, and still could not post the long post I was referring to, so I just closed the tab (gave up). At that point, you either close the tab, or you put it on your todo list, and I am not going to clutter up my todo list with stuff like that.
Use the back button to get back to the page you posted it from. The text is still there in the text window. Copy it.
That is, the text is probably there. HN seems to be better at preserving it than many other sites, but I don't guarantee that this will work.