Yeah, probably. But we shouldn't be calling these guys out for not taking the "obvious and simple" solution when we aren't 100% certain that it would actually w

Yeah, probably. But we shouldn't be calling these guys out for not taking the "obvious and simple" solution when we aren't 100% certain that it would actually work. That happens too often on HN, and then sometimes the people involved pop in to explain why it's not so simple, and everyone goes "...oh." Seems like we should learn something from that. I've gone with "don't assume it's as simple as your ego would lead you to believe."