It's worth mentioning that that's exactly why Patrick doesn't normally submit this stuff himself. Infact, I've seen him apologies/ask people not to just re-post stuff here and just subscribe to his newsletter/blog/etc.

It's also worth noting that you don't HAVE to click through to something that's on the kalzumeus domain, if you subscribe to the newsletter or don't want to.

Personally, I think anything that generates a reasonable number of good comments is great (not necessarily this.) That's why HN is great.