I read that as a reminder that this isn't a new article but rather the older one some of it might have read before. It's fair enough to submit it since some might not have read it though.
HN has gotten in the habit of adding year of publication to submission titles for pre-2014 content recently and this one should probably get it as well.
Yeah, I just thought the title should be updated with that. ea_spouse was still considered current events, but the fact that this stuff from 2005 reads the same today just shows how timeless this research is.
I did seem to have struck a nerve with that comment. In the future I should be explicit that I'm just asking for a title update.
HN has gotten in the habit of adding year of publication to submission titles for pre-2014 content recently and this one should probably get it as well.