This community is filled with people who were obsessed with microcomputers or (depending on which generation) websites during their teenage years. HN was created by and is managed by people of this type. No doubt we're a minority, and the type you describe is more common, but if you're implying there's something wrong with teenagers being intellectually curious about technology, I can't help but think of the way "nerds" used to get put down and shamed in the past.