I'm not trying to give a "thesis", but I think it's interesting to compare the two. I realize there is much more to reddit, but 86 times more? And both sites pride themselves on a primarily functional design, but HN accomplishes this (better, in my opinion) in 41 lines of css. Remarkable.

I'd counter that Reddit has grown over time, has a much wider readership, and probably cares about off-the-wall browsers and configurations more than Hacker News does. Reddit also looks pretty good on my iPhone, and HN does not.

What I don't get is HN's fascination with comparisons to Reddit, and your post is going to suffer from that.

well done. This definitely wouldn't work for most people, but it is a creative way to sell yourself as a social media guru, and I think potential employers will respond to that.