[pch00]

I really don't want to be too much of a downer, but is this really just an HN post about someone putting something on a shelf?

[GJim]

You're not wrong.

How in gods name this article made it to the front page of HN is a mystery.

[pwg]

Because enough readers upvoted it to cause it to appear there.

[relaxing]

Any ideas on that mystery, then? Since you’ve got your finger on the pulse around here.

[pwg]

There's no mystery. The way any story makes the front page is enough users upvote it from the "new" page for it to appear there.

So the answer to the question of "how did it make it there" is exactly what I said, enough upvoted it that it made it to the front page.

As to "why" those folks upvoted it, well, on that I have no idea.

[relaxing]

No I already knew you have no idea, that’s no mystery.

[iso1631]

16 points in 2 hours?

[paganel]

What can I say, I'm a Billy simp, there's one just behind me as I'm writing this comment and for about a year now I've been forcing myself to buy a new one to put it on the right-side of my current desk (sometimes I'm too lazy for my own good, as in this case). So just seeing Billy in the title and as the actual subject of the blog-post made me upvote the submission, apparently I'm not alone in this.

[GJim]

You <-----> The Point.

[jvanderbot]

Literally today I was thinking about how to organize all my out of date computers in my room, and thinking about building a cabinet or shelves.

Oddly poignant. I can't be the only one.

[criddell]

Bots are in to stuff like this.

[coldpie]

Hey at least it's not Yet Another Fucking LLM Article.

[chairmansteve]

Well, you know how messy most hackers are..... my mom would like this article.

[EvanAnderson]

You could start a giant company using some computers on shelves: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/10266216...

[kotaKat]

If the 486es were running OpenClaw then everyone would be losing their minds.

[voidUpdate]

I mean, you can probably reduce any HN article to something that doesnt sound worthy of being on here if you want

[relaxing]

Sure, but this truly is just about putting a motherboard on a shelf.

They couldn’t even be bothered to get a good photo of it ffs.

[close04]

This article proactively saves you the time and effort to reduce. It is really just that. Man realizes his object fits on shelf.