Curiosity doesn't require a practical purpose. If you're not curious about this story, that's fine; there are others on the front page, and thousands more if you click 'past' at the top. Please don't punish the readers who are, though, by posting off-topic bile to the thread.
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html