I have nothing of value to add, but I'm confused as to why HN didn't find this more interesting.

Maybe posted at a wrong time? Or is it because there was so much fusion articles lately, that only few users read this one?

This thread has more comments, but still seems it should be a bigger deal on this forum: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33945863

Optimistic articles announcing "breakthroughs" in nuclear fusion tech are a bit like the boy who cried wolf. [0]

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf

This isn't an optimistic article, it's a landmark scientific result that people all over the world have been trying to achieve for 70 years.

I'm not downplaying the significance of events described by the article, just trying to portray how it might be perceived by a skeptic who's seen misleading headlines announcing "revolutionary breakthroughs" in nuclear fusion tech for years. Hence, the allusion to "The Boy who Cried Wolf."

Because we don’t understand the topic enough to know if this is big news or premature excitement.