The reason is most likely because they saw this on the front-page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16085873 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16085873.

The reason is most likely because they saw this on the front-page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16085873 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16085873. I've noticed that people like to submit items that are tangentially related to those that popup on the front page.