Imagine I'd answer your comment with 4 pages about how some royal kings held purposefully long speeches in poor conditions with inane content just to have remote landlords come in at cost and test their loyalty, as it took days to come from their province to the king's palace, and it also paralyzed their decision process during that time as they were not there to ink deals, just to end it with "but yeah, some people might not enjoy royal history reports, though I'm posting it on HN so it's not actually a report either"

To reiterate, that piece wasn't his "what did I read last week" report, it was an answer to a ongoing discussion.