Was just following the style seen by quite a few other posters to make it easier to scan[1]. The links go directly to the listing, so not much more I can do there.

Unfortunately, HN won't let me delete/edit it to take your suggestions into account.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7970371, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7973271, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7971086, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7972448, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7973088