US public policy is an incredibly important factor to the global technical industry; this includes arguably most 'hackers.' That cannot be denied.
All hackers eat, so clearly HN needs more articles about the food industry...
Anybody who cares about the election already saw this on a million other sites, no point posting it here.
I would have found it more productive if a well written article explaining now that the election has been called how Obama reelection will effect the technical industry was linked.