Snarky or not, you're right. This is a perfect instance of how some in the HN community can act like spoiled brats.

"Wow, this is so useless, it doesn't comply to my standards! Go away Norvig, you uninteresting roach!"

I hope you have a lot to show for, adwhit. Maybe you'll bring humanity a step closer to enlightenment by writing another flappy bird clone or something.