I know where you're coming from, and I've had the same reaction to a few other similar posts on HN, however before I posted that reaction I realized two things:
1. If it's on the front page of HN then a lot of other folks around here probably know what it is already.
2. If it got voted up fairly quickly, it's probably also a big or important technology that I should familiarize myself with, at least superficially.
bjz_
Thanks for that perspective, that's a good way of looking at it. It's easy to get overly dismissive and lazy and it's good to have a reality check.
1. If it's on the front page of HN then a lot of other folks around here probably know what it is already.
2. If it got voted up fairly quickly, it's probably also a big or important technology that I should familiarize myself with, at least superficially.