[albemuth]

Yes it has been done and to a greater extent than your dismissive comment. It still doesn't detract from the noteworthiness of the OP.

[perucoder]

I don't think it was dismissive at all. When a post rises to the front page of HN people are going to post comments both agreeing or disagreeing. In my case, I don't see what all the hoopla was about or how this was upvoted to page 1