It was posted at the time but didn't attract any comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15356192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15356192 "Hacker

It was posted at the time but didn't attract any comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15356192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15356192 "Hacker News" is a bit of a misnomer: a story doesn't need to be new to stimulate intellectual curiosity; indeed unearthing old pieces I think is one of the pleasures of HN.