The key difference between HN and /. moderation is the "funny" moderation option. On the positive side, it seems to encourage more serious discussion. The downside is that, to the degree that HN has inherited the hacker culture, it has not retained much in the way of hacker humor.

It took a second reading to realize that this comment was not intended to be humorous -- which makes it even more entertaining.

Also, in reply to your subsequent post, there are web browsers written in javascript, so your self-hosting capabilities are realized, as well as all your browser-Inception needs.