[venomsnake]

I did. After reading the whole page I was not able to determine what it does ...

Edit: Also 5 years ago HN was even fuller with snarky one liners and eyebrow dismissals.

[ramblerman]

My apologies. I had a knee jerk reaction to what I though was wanton pessimism.

Having read the docs now I'm more inclined to subscribe to your initial onion theory.