This discussion originated here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13565743
...and the live stream offered there happened here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13638086.
We asked the author to do one more thread about it because the latter didn't get much attention, and we thought you might find it interesting. It's rare for work this technically sophisticated to also be this deeply counterintuitive.