As I said there, I agree that this is interesting, but I think it's just as interesting to a wide audience, and has nothing specific to hackers or hackery. For that reason I feel it's off-topic for HN. The guidelines say:
Off-Topic: ... If they'd cover it on TV news,
it's probably off-topic.
In particular, I've seen the same story from several sources now, and hence I feel that it's not specific enough for HN.
As I said there, I agree that this is interesting, but I think it's just as interesting to a wide audience, and has nothing specific to hackers or hackery. For that reason I feel it's off-topic for HN. The guidelines say:
In particular, I've seen the same story from several sources now, and hence I feel that it's not specific enough for HN.