They should at least address the actual points raised by the article (which does already touch on the trade offs involved in doing what the commenter suggests,

They should at least address the actual points raised by the article (which does already touch on the trade offs involved in doing what the commenter suggests, none of which were addressed by their comment). As it stands it sounds like they’re responding to nothing more than the title of the post. It’s a shallow criticism by HN standards.