"People are happy with a paycheck..." Hm, a rather cynical comment. It seems to me there are lots of highly enthusiastic participants on HN, and I'm blown away

"People are happy with a paycheck..." Hm, a rather cynical comment. It seems to me there are lots of highly enthusiastic participants on HN, and I'm blown away by how knowledgeable they are in many other fields as well--the sciences, culinary arts, music, sports.... It's quite a diverse crowd. It's safest to not generalize... ;)