[johansch]

I guess the 100x means that they are using LISP? Or maybe the other way around? Not sure.

Meanwhile we are told that HN has excellent protection against upvoting rings. How the heck does this reach the front page in an organic way?

[dang]

From the data it looks to me like established community members were interested in the topic. Perhaps they didn't look at the article, perhaps they noticed something about it that you didn't, and/or perhaps they're familiar with gnocchi's fine submission history.

[ztjio]

Slow news day, apparently.