> Does anyone else find this kind of "analysis" of a fellow HN member creepy?

Yep. If it were me I'd feel highly uncomfortable.

It seems to come with the territory though, the more visible you are the more stuff like this you can expect.

> I don't know if this is a cultural thing, (not a US citizen, the majority of HN's readership seems to be) but I found the whole blog post weird and highly distasteful. The author comes across as a borderline stalker. Slimy.

I think the post is actually with the best of intentions but completely fails in two important aspects:

  (1) I don't get the impression Patrick was asked if this was ok with him

  (2) It is a huge post based on a single line in a comment
      which talks about Patricks achievements to date, and
      talks about him as though that's going to be his lot
      in life.