The polite convention on HN is to say this was discussed previously, and link to it, especially when it was last submitted and discussed over four years ago :-)

Please note that duplicate submission are not discouraged on HN in general, especially not after such a long time.

However, thanks for sharing the link to the previous discussion!

Although clicking the |past| link takes you to this page: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Statically%20Recompiling%20NES...

Reposts are ok after about a year: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html.

I'm always confused about "Guidelines" and "FAQ". It seems that whenever I have a question about HN, I need to consult both, because it is not clear at all which site covers which question.

Maybe "Guidelines" and "FAQ" should simply be merged?

Edit: Opened an "Ask HN" submission about this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15255270

I think Meta Ask HNs are also discouraged :) you're supposed to send them an email.

I understand what you're saying. There's the Show HN guidelines as well. One could imagine them all as three sections on one page. The guidelines are for what you should do; the FAQ for general information. Then again, they're short. It's not a lot of effort to check both.