It's a terrible example of how these stories are suppressed when Hacker News allows them to be flagged off.

This story is relevant to tech, compelling and topical. It was receiving upvotes that put it on the front page. But it got flagged to oblivion in under an hour.

Edit: Update, either enough people vouched on an invisible article (via twitter?) to unflag, or the mods intervened. We'll see.