Just a point on form. Why did you not blog this (or post an article on your web site) and then post a link to same on HN? You would then have been able to form

Just a point on form. Why did you not blog this (or post an article on your web site) and then post a link to same on HN? You would then have been able to format your text in a manner more suited to the content - and also made it more straightforward to edit your "content" in part in response to feedback from HN and elsewhere. Good luck with the project though.