[0xffff2]

Please stop using indentation for quotes. It makes things impossible to read on mobile, and in this case even on desktop I had to side-scroll quite a bit to read everything.

[zamadatix]

For as much trouble as quoting always becomes in the comments I'm surprised it isn't a supported formatting option.

[manigandham]

It is a weird quirk of the HN team refusing to make it better even though it takes a few CSS tweaks. It's just one of those internet mysteries at this point.