It doesn't. The author goes on a long, ambiguous tirade about Skittles™ and how they aren't as aerodynamic as once initially thought.

You did good by refusing to read the rest of the post and informing everyone of that fact on Hacker News. Cheers!

Wow, no fun not ever.

To author: thanks for the reference to Coda Hale's Metrics talk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czes-oa0yik