[jiveturkey]

well i prefaced it with "spoiler". i probably could have made a stronger warning.

it's useful in general in a forum like this, for people that just want the answer. like when a news or blog article has a question in the headline to make you wade through the ads to get to the main point. not too different to how it's useful when people post a paywall bypass link. sure, anyone can just figure that on their own, but it's useful to simply have a link right here on HN, or a summary or abstract of an article.

so that was my thinking. that the very large majority don't care and would benefit from just having the answer.

i tried to encourage reading the blog anyway, even after knowing the answer. you know what, let me edit the answer out. i think you're right. if you don't care you don't care so why ruin the article. damn. too late to edit.