This post is next in the sequence of HN posts after a large exit: comparison with NASA's budget, cost of trip to Mars, etc.
Typical sequence:
- news of the large exit, submitted repeatedly
- hastily written blogs about why it doesn't make sense
- hastily written blogs about why it makes sense
- cute stories about the company's past: founder(s) living on Ramen, etc.
- comparisons with NASA's budget, Mars exploration budget, Gates Foundation budget, etc.
- and finally, breathless "news" about the slightest change in the acquiree's ToS or some such silly news