I think it has to do with the user's karma, a post from a user with heavy karma ranks higher, if you noticed there is another post ranked 8th from a user with 20000+ karma and only 5 votes.
"It’s like learning how to fish vs. bying fish at the supermarket. Sure, if you know how to fish you can still buy at the supermarket if you’re lazy. But if you don’t you’re stuck with what’s at the supermarket."
Yes it is addictive, I have an everyday urge to check what's going on HN, I also feel I'm earning some IQ points here, of course I loose these points later, but that has to do with me ;)
What about Password Safe "Passwddsafe" I use it om my computer and android and I'm very satisfied. And of course the fact that is designed by Bruce Schneier is a plus for me.
I use keepassx, it will allow you to keep a local repository of all of your passwords and sensitive information encrypted and accessible to all of your team members.
Commonkey is another great program and is free for teams of three.
1) The dragging freeze is likely my update loop fighting with the window move – I’ll look into throttling/suspending updates while dragging.
2) The drive text layout is indeed bad. I’ll rework that UI so each drive gets its own proper line.