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That earlier post had a few small HN discussions (for those interested):

Neural Networks, Manifolds, and Topology (2014) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19132702 - Feb 2019 (25 comments)

Neural Networks, Manifolds, and Topology (2014) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9814114 - July 2015 (7 comments)

Neural Networks, Manifolds, and Topology - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7557964 - April 2014 (29 comments)