Because the majority reaction to any HN post is a technical pissing contest you have to learn to ignore if you want to glean anything interesting from the threa

Because the majority reaction to any HN post is a technical pissing contest you have to learn to ignore if you want to glean anything interesting from the thread. If you're not interested in that, or in showing-off your own geeky credentials, then you're mostly wasting your time participating in an HN "discussion".