I agree completely. And the data certainly delights me.[1] I don't think most Hacker News users would be disturbed by it. I was generalizing (without evidence,

I agree completely. And the data certainly delights me.[1] I don't think most Hacker News users would be disturbed by it. I was generalizing (without evidence, mind you) the larger population. [1] One nice thing about owning the database is if I want to, say, stick it in an R program and graph some stuff / make some models I can. Which as a software engineer is fun for days and has allowed me to see and correct and/or automate patterns. For example, my bank accounts and credit cards are also in this database and it has allowed me to see spending patterns that I needed to fix.