[tntn]

what is the point of linking to submissions with no discussion.

[fortran77]

People get angry that their submission didn’t get them the worthless internet points and this one did.

[abledon]

when people look over my coworkers shoulder and see his 23K HN point count at the top of his screen, they acknowledge hes calling the shots in code reviews.

[dfc]

Are you serious? This sounds like an awful workplace.

[abledon]

lol no im joking, but that would be hilarious if true

[dx7tnt]

Why - because he's got nothing better to do than post on HN all day?

[dTal]

Sadly, HN doesn't provide the far more interesting statistics of average karma per post and submission, respectively.