I got the following reply from hn@ycombinator.com: > Unfortunately those are the threads where we need pagination most because they overwhelm the server otherw

I got the following reply from hn@ycombinator.com: > Unfortunately those are the threads where we need pagination most because they overwhelm the server otherwise. It's temporary, though—we're working on a long term fix for this. In the meantime HN runs on a single core, so we have to use every trick we can. Sorry for the inconvenience - I know it's annoying!