What is a coders worst nightmare?

I can't speak to the technical specifics of the story, but it was riveting regardless! I can't really fathom why someone would go through all of this trouble, was it obvious and I just missed it? It almost seemed as if the grad student was just actively trying to be difficult.

In any case, it seemed pretty phenomenally sneaky and well done.

Didn't I read this exact story right here on HackerNews last year, only that time it was posted on someone's personal site? Was it also Mick Stute that time, or is this guy passing on someone else's famous story as his own story and his own work? I certainly don't see any citation to the original story on Quora.