>> Is there some missing feature or just sad that he can't be one of the cool kids? > HN has degraded a lot recently. I see many comments containing ad hominems

>> Is there some missing feature or just sad that he can't be one of the cool kids? > HN has degraded a lot recently. I see many comments containing ad hominems that are getting upvoted. The cool kids part was a reference back to the title of the talk. On a different note I've found way more ad hominems in your post than the parent post.