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> Because HN users tend to be interested in niche but powerful languages, they are not to be trusted to know programming in general?

No, the parent comment meant that HN users are not a representative cross-section of programmers in general. This manifests itself, for example, in relatively niche languages being mentioned and discussed disproportionately often.

In other words: just because HN loves it doesn't mean everybody else knows it.