As an aside, does anyone else ever feel the desire to start programming some sort of poker app whenever they read codingthewheel? Seems like it'd be such a fun area for a side-project!
And finally, no, I haven't made any significant income from my bot (as it current only plays preflop on 6-max tables ... I manually takeover after the flop).
My usual (although probably totally unhealthy) habit of waking up and immediately (as in...within 20 seconds of opening my eyes) checking HN, gibsonandlily.com, reddit.com, and slashdot.com led me to this article. I read the entire thing from beginning to end (which is rare, for me), and thoroughly enjoyed the entire thing.
In fact, as I was reading it, I kept remarking to myself how much I enjoyed the writing style.
To each his own, I guess. It does frighten me a bit, though, that people make this complaint so much. What do people who can't be bothered to read a couple of pages worth of a story do when they are confronted by a book, magazine, or newspaper? (or a kindle).