And according to the paper, the microcode parsers referred don't actually parse the encrypted blocks, those that contain the actual microcode. Just the headers of the patches.
Spatial references in a tree are inadequate. You should use relational instead. Since relational references are hard to understand for humans, HackerNews should allow to reference other posts by linking.
This is what I asked for. What I wanted to ask for was not a link, but a clickable or hoverable element that highlights or tooltips the referenced post.
Thanks, that's interesting indeed.
edit: Would love to see more technical details on microcode as there doesn't appear to be too much available. Of course I might be looking at the wrong places.