As I skimmed through the first N paragraphs in search of the buried lede of this article, as I seem to need to do for most articles these days, I am reminded ye

As I skimmed through the first N paragraphs in search of the buried lede of this article, as I seem to need to do for most articles these days, I am reminded yet again that HN needs an abstract service (aka tl;dr). Commenters should submit an abstract which is voted up or down, hopefully based on accuracy and compactness. Reader could then skim through abstract and make a more informed decision about whether it's worth the time to read, just like is done with academic articles. (People who are going to comment without reading the article will do this regardless of whether you have an abstract.)