Welcome to the Internet and let me be your guide:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=sarcasm
I sincerely wish that the post you linked was sarcastic as well, but it was probably serious which makes the (former) QBasic programmer in me a little bit sad.
Re:30 years later, QBasic is still the best
by reitanqild on Saturday May 07, 2016 @07:52AM
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I'm smiling now :-)
I thought it was a well intended explanation that just wasn't detailed enough.
The howto could be a whole lot simpler it seems, see this example, helpfully provided by neckro23 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11637866