But this isn't the whole world, or the New Yorker for that matter -- it's the Hacker News comment section. jordigh's frustration is one that could easily be shared by many HN readers. (And in any case it was not presented as anything more than a personal reaction.) I genuinely don't understand why you responded so sharply, and for whatever it's worth I found jordigh's comment useful: it provided a tl;dr of the proof, and helped me decide whether the article would be enjoyable to read.
Eh, if I don't get what I want, so be it. I'm not demanding it. I thought you might know of something like it. If I can get what I was looking for, all the better, though.
Maybe I'm just a very specialised audience: I know enough mathematics to find some popularisations boring but I'm not a research mathematician where I can get gossip via word-of-mouth like I presume must happen. Maybe that's why there just isn't a publication like what I want. There aren't that many maths school dropouts like me who would want to read it.
