In this case, there's a nonzero chance the author saw the HN discussion and made a quick post. After all, it is TechCrunch ...
One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said,"Here's a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture is of you when you were younger. "Here's a picture of me when I'm older." "You son-of-a-bitch! How'd you pull that off? Lemme see that camera... what's it look like? "
I like it because it reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode.