I actually broadly agree with you, but it's just a difference in specializations. Web developers make up a large percentage of the current HN population and the

I actually broadly agree with you, but it's just a difference in specializations. Web developers make up a large percentage of the current HN population and they don't need to know the low level details of an OS or the hardware to do their jobs effectively. Specifying that knowledge of a benchmarking site is required for those having a technical background is just a weird hill to die on though.