[Vervious]

Design is rooted in reality in the sense that it must be functional. My argument is that this particular design is wholly un-functional, and that the diamonds that HN is optimizing for - fancy animations, pretty concentric circles - don't seem to have much value when you think about it. At least diamonds hold their value.

But I suppose, if one finds value in this not-quite-novel-application-of-javascript-animated SVGs, to each their own.