Oldie but goodie - a perenial here on HN and usually guaranteed to create a lively discussion.

Usually when this is discussed "FizzBuzz" gets mentioned, so you can find suitable discussions that way:

http://searchyc.com/fizz+buzz?sort=by_date

Alternatively, just look for the article you actually submitted:

http://searchyc.com/submissions/Why+can%2527t+programmers+pr...

And here it is:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1605

Finally, here's a more recent discussion:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1142398

There are more. Given that you've been on Hacker News for over two years I'm surprised you haven't seen them all.