I take the purpose of the comment as to inform HN&#x27;ers who aren&#x27;t system administrators. To the degree it is a literary criticism, it lets the article and its author off the hook by classifying the style as typical of the genre. Again, I take this as informative since the lack of definitions in the article supports the claim.<p>The tone of this comment&#x27;s grandparent is certainly less confrontational than the tone of it&#x27;s parent. And whatever offence there is in the grandparent hardly rises to the level internet outrage.