I suspect this is like the executive who said "I know over half of my advertising dollars are wasted, I just don't know which half!" (pre-AdWords).

I don't think you could have predicted ahead of time which of those would be more popular before writing them.

Having said that, the Stasis post is much longer, so it's less conducive to reading at work and quickly dashing off a comment or two on Hacker News without your boss noticing you goofing off. Hypothetically speaking, of course. :)