I really am amazed at the fact that no one has a problem with a link to a .js file. I'm not a security nut and this bothers me. The fact that it doesn't bother anyone else just shows that incredibly smart people like the folks at HN are not immune to apathy or hubris (I'm not sure which) when it comes to computer security.

And the excuse that, "We all already know how to view the source" is so lazy that I don't know what to say lol. I can't think of another site in which someone posting a javascript link would (a) be allowed, and (b) not be instantly jumped all over. There's a reason for that...