This seemed like it might be an interesting article to read, but it turns out that clicking on this link initiated a huge many megabyte download of some kind of

This seemed like it might be an interesting article to read, but it turns out that clicking on this link initiated a huge many megabyte download of some kind of media experience that totally locked up my machine. I had a bunch of apps going and was hoping for a smooth start to the day. Had this been an actual article to read then it could have loaded and been put in the background. If you are going to link to some hypermedia experience that requires a high end machine, good net connection, and well configured ad blockers then there should be a warning. This is not some taste issue about me not liking the custom font or whatever. Much of the population does their work on lower end machines with modest net connections and this site is not compatible with that. Do you really want HN to be a site only for the ascended? If you can't communicate without an avalanche of crud coming along then maybe you need to consider what you are saying and maybe consult an editor or something.