In a "weekend" peaks people's interest just like a 12 year old that raises money does. My guess is that if you said "Look at what I built that took 15 years"

In a "weekend" peaks people's interest just like a 12 year old that raises money does. My guess is that if you said "Look at what I built that took 15 years" that would peak people's interest. Along those lines many things that appear on HN are really of the same quality as HN comments (just an opinion nothing particularly special) but since they appear as a post people focus on them and a discussion ensues and they get voted up more than the same exact thing appearing in a thread.