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"it is very hard for highly technically proficient people to be nice to everyone"

They being so damn smart does not give them the right to be condescending and insult people who can't keep up. So I'm not as smart as he is, does that make invaluable? Does that give him the right to call me stupid? What if I am doing my best? If my best try isn't really helping, then they should simply ignore me, not attack me. Nothing gives anybody the right to insult people.

It's the guiding principle here on HN: be civil. Just like others need to polish their technical abilities, being nice is something they should work on.