I only just logged out to look for those links (and found them). If I'm logged in, I can't find them anywhere.
Regarding HN's feed, all I know is, if I reset Feedly and Feedbunch (i.e., mark everything as read), after x minutes Feedly will show more unread articles than Feedbunch. Over the course of eight hours (when I'm asleep, e.g.), Feedbunch will show maybe a dozen new articles and Feedly will show, like, 40. I don't see this issue with my other feeds.
Winston Churchill once said, "If a man isn't a liberal in his twenties, has has no heart. And, if he isn't a conservative in his forties, he has no brain."
There is also a common opinion among Cirrus owners that a number of fatal Cirrus accidents could have been avoided had the pilot deployed the chute, i.e. people don't pull the handle early enough.
You really don't know what you're talking about. There is no evidence that the parachute entices pilots to take greater risks (if I'm wrong, by all means cite some), any more than car seat belts entice drivers to take more risks. Furthermore, "As of 25 January 2015 there have been 51 saves with 104 survivors in aircraft equipped with the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS)." (https://www.cirruspilots.org/copa/safety_programs/w/safety_p...)
While I am certain there will be no evidence that parachutes have any impact on pilot behavior based on the small sample size, I am also certain that there is nothing magic about pilots and that they suffer from the same effects of psychological risk compensation as everyone else does. If parachutes make taking risks less fatal then more risks will be taken. It is as simple as that.
Sure, if by "omit" you mean "cover in their FAQ" which says:
The most common and by far the least expensive is soldering a thin wire (or some TTH component's lead) between layers. Depending on the number of vias on your board it can be as entertaining as watching grass grow, but quite often it's the fastest way to get them done.
Another possibility is to press copper rivets (sometimes called eyelets). Rivets can be pressed sufficiently flat, thus allowing to put them under ICs (which is impossible with soldering approach). Though they need more space (i.e. outside diameter of the via needs to be larger) and tend to be less reliable.
There are other possibilities, including the actual electroplating process, but these tend to be fairly sophisticated and expensive.
The FAQ is at http://cirqoid.com/pages/faq, and of course linked in the tabs across the top of the page. Not very well hidden.
Regarding HN's feed, all I know is, if I reset Feedly and Feedbunch (i.e., mark everything as read), after x minutes Feedly will show more unread articles than Feedbunch. Over the course of eight hours (when I'm asleep, e.g.), Feedbunch will show maybe a dozen new articles and Feedly will show, like, 40. I don't see this issue with my other feeds.