FWIW, this was an experiment. I'm not a fan of DF because I'm no Apple fanboy (ZOMG have you seen the iPad3???!!!111), and I'm certainly no fan of the hyperbol

FWIW, this was an experiment. I'm not a fan of DF because I'm no Apple fanboy (ZOMG have you seen the iPad3???!!!111), and I'm certainly no fan of the hyperbole and linkbait purveyed by Manjoo. I often submit interesting technical stuff that never gets a single vote. However, I notice that any Daring Fireball submission will get upvotes on HN. Like you said, this is one linkbaity quote-- and I got four upvotes, enough to put it on the front page briefly. What does that tell you about HN?