Since this subthread became personally nasty we detached it  from <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10881999" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10881999</a> and marked it off-topic.