Thanks! I actually meant links to the comments lower down on the same page (eg for clarity: <a href="#87">87. What got you "hooked"?</a> ... <a name="87">87. What got you "hooked"?</a>), and then people could link to specific entries - but I like your interpretation better.
[I had trouble expressing this in the GP, and went for over-conciseness, as "comment" is ambiguous. I still can't think of a brief but clear way to say it - there's probably some TeX typesetting terminology for it].
I purposely omitted references to the original Hacker News threads because I wanted the book to stand on its own.
Hope this helps:
http://edweissman.com/index-from-the-best-of-edw519-to-the-o...
[Many thanks to everyone in this thread for the well wishes. You guys are helping to make my day!]