A relevant quote from the linked article:

> I implore you, dear reader, to set aside your petty grievances; trifling things such as the format of an article or website, the unfortunate repetition of a name, or the vexing loss of information when pressing the back button. They are so common and so lacking in originality that they have no interest whatsoever.

But for real, the styling is just copied from the original: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html