[JohnFen]

There are non-SV types here as well (myself included), but yes, HN is made by and for a very particular subset of the dev world. And, ironically, that subset is not "hackers".

[mattmanser]

Lots of hackers on here, not to be confused with crackers. There's a constant stream of stories about hacking hardware and software.

The top story right now is someone being a classic hacker, hardware flashing bricked nest thermostats.

[JohnFen]

There are, yes. I'm among them. But we are not really the target audience, we're just in an overlap in the Venn diagram.