You're welcome for the layup opportunity to score some easy points. This serves as a good reminder that you will be swiftly punished on HN for making a comment

You're welcome for the layup opportunity to score some easy points. This serves as a good reminder that you will be swiftly punished on HN for making a comment that doesn't add value. In my defense, I didn't miss the trees and the forest. I was merely pointing out that the story was dumbed down, as you put it, "as simply as possible." And replying to a post pointing out their overly simplified math. Seriously, implying that 1 x 1.8 = 2 isn't even back-of-the-envelop close. However I did enjoy learning about how the Real came to be.