[npsimons]

There's two good reasons to hang out somewhere like HN:

1) It gives you perspective - yes, you're not "the best" and neither am I. Learn to live with it.

2) It helps you get better. There's a saying that goes something like "if you're the smartest person in the room, leave - there's nothing you can learn there." While pithy and not entirely true, it tends to push you in the right direction by making you push yourself. Maybe you never thought some of those things were possible, but if others can do it, there's a good chance you can too (whether you want to or not is another question), and you can learn a lot on HN.

Apart from that, yeah, HN can be a time sink.