I have trouble believing that you're pointing this out in good faith.

I'd like to say that I'm sorry that you feel that way, but frankly: My ability to feel anything empathetic about you dwindles by the moment.

Please stop fucking with people in this way. It's callous, unnecessary, and antithetical to the greater good. We don't come here to get accused of things.

(edit: Today, I learned about the existence of a chip that does a clever thing. That made me curious: After all, I've been passively wondering for -decades- about how electronic things remember their previous state without power, and without hammering an EEPROM.

I could have learned more about this at any time over the years, but I just never bothered with doing so.

And today, it was right in front of my face -- with a part number! That gave me a very easy place to start, so I started.

I read up on it a bit using the datasheet and a whitepaper. I learned some about how it does that clever thing, and I wrote a few sentences about this new-to-me stuff in a way that I felt would be approachable and appreciated by this particular audience.

That's what we're here for -- to be curious, to share ideas, and to learn stuff from others. Not for fucking with people.)

That's not a terrible idea.

An extra UI element or two should be enough. Maybe with sticky options for collapse-by-default or hide-by-default at the top of each HN comment section.

And the list of usernames can be stored and edited in the purveyor's HN bio (in plain text, like a monster), so that it works automatically across devices.