https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/
as unmissable, and "I should have read this as a child" - that is, for those who feel a lack of solid ground until they know exactly what makes the machine work.
To call a human - and within HN you do find very refined ones - a machine (and in particular machines devoid of intellect, and which outstand for being devoid of any intellect), is insulting.
There is a risk to use it in occasions where actually refined thought is called "machine-like", which is insulting, diminishing, and destructive.
And it has been used in occasions in which some dismissed perfectly valid and refined information because they could not understand it.
And also in face of the above, the contribution of such statement with regards to "joke" value is either low or requiring more explicitness of any productive content.
I would restrict comparisons between humans and machines there where it is productive.
The purpose: to enable reading the anchor - in this case you want to see it, not just click on it. This is a case when you want '0xax' and 'gitbooks.io' and the rest well in front of you. For mnemonics.
Similarly to why an possibly apparently gratuitous post of praise was issued: to note, "this one can be really worth it, comparatively - here is a mark that facilitates that you check it and not miss it".
Well, it's the same link. I only asked because it looks like you were intending to paste a different link (or anchor) than the original link; It's confusing for readers.