I'm not usually one to focus on the meta, but I wonder what the rationale was for killing this story from HN's front page. A friendly favor, or removing a weak post that is so easily ridiculed on obvious points?
I was actually wondering the same thing! It was posted by one of his employees, and he mentions HN in one of the comments of the post. It's likely entirely cynical of me, but I can't help but wonder if the marketing folks are made to submit his blog posts to HN and when this one got traction and negative attention they collectively flagged it.