That was my original plan as well but I'm trying to provide some constructive criticism here. Since olalonde's been on HN for almost 2 years, I thought he deser

That was my original plan as well but I'm trying to provide some constructive criticism here. Since olalonde's been on HN for almost 2 years, I thought he deserved at least that much. If his account were less than a year old, I would've just passive-aggressively ignored his reply too ;) In all seriousness, there is value in learning by observing vis-a-vis learning by being told. Things tend to stick better and for longer when you have to observe them yourself.