[bscphil]

Your speculative explanation is incorrect, as is clear from this user's other comments:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30450710 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31559512 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31559404 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31559481

This appears to be a bugbear for them.