[jessriedel]

Could somebody summarize the answer please? I'm trying to decide if it's interesting enough to read, and the first 20 paragraphs suggest not.

[tinalumfoil]

I enjoyed it but if you're 20 paragraphs in and bored I doubt you'd find the rest interesting.

[jessriedel]

I've read plenty of technical papers that have interesting ideas buried in tons of bad prose. Holding the interestingness of the central idea fixed, there is no limit to how boring a writer can make things.

In general, I don't understand why blogs (and HN) are allergic to abstracts.