Because it was a linkbait response to a tempest in a teapot-- a waste of space second only a post asking why it was deleted. Oy. There are days when HN seems

Because it was a linkbait response to a tempest in a teapot-- a waste of space second only a post asking why it was deleted. Oy. There are days when HN seems determined to jump the shark, and the only reason it doesn't is that the editors heave it back.