It's a interesting technical investigation that not only goes over the technology required to recreate the gold filter, but it's a nice explanation of how some imaging stuff works? And if the hack is interesting and well-written up enough, why not? This is Hacker News

Fair enough. Let's define hacking as js-level patching of 3rd generation games :)

Deleting my account now, this is getting ridiculous.

Your own comparison between mods for KSP and this article doesn't make much sense, even if you take the technical aspects of it.

One is hacking at a compiled code that is not well documented, and talks about the subject.

The other is a mod, for a well documented game.

Please make your good points without name-calling ("insane") and swipes ("reading comprehension"), regardless of how wrong another commenter is or you feel they are. That way the good point won't be outweighed by further damaging the thread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Made an edit, sorry about that! Replied without clearing my head first. :-)

Appreciated! It happens.

With an attitude like that, you won't be missed.

>>Why is this on the first page of HN?

Because audience of Hacker News forums found it interesting and upvoted it.

Why did people upvote it? I imagine because rather than just being a link to a downloadable mod, it is a thorough diary/article on how a person researched, developed and implemented the hack. Precisely the kind of article HN tends to enjoy - regardless of exact subject: restoring old Xerox machines, creating a LEGO robot, etc.

Rather than just colour shading, I think it's also fascinating they decided to remove / modify the bloom - one of the defining characteristics of DX:HR for many people.

I found this article interesting.

HN readers in general have a wide range of interests - example: 73 points, 62 comments on a link to an article on the history of Macaroni and Cheese: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22951281

From your link :

On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

I don't know what constitutes a good hacker, exactly, but I thought it was interesting.

Having read your comments before I read the article I was expecting something much more simple.

Yes.