[daeken]

While I personally agree with you that this particular story may not be HN-suitable, the rules are clear on this. 1) If you dislike a story, flag it and move on. Don't comment on its suitability. 2) Don't complain about downvotes -- it's all noise, no signal. 3) What is suitable for HN is "Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." What that means is that, sometimes, we end up with curious stories like this.

At the end of the day, your best bet for keeping the SNR on the site high is to flag the noise and contribute as much as you can to the signal. Post things that are interesting to you, comment with whatever insight you can give, and don't sweat the small stuff. HN is okay.