Thanks, but I neither track my score nor care that you think I'm condescending.
All: please don't use snark in HN comments. It violates civility and degrades the discourse.
Notice that I actually had a question and it was answered in the thread, which I acknowledged.
I could well be hyperallergic after years of wincing at gratuitous unpleasantness in HN comments (edit: and, to be fair, having contributed my own share of it). In person, of course, tone of voice would reveal everything about "ummm...".
Either way, please understand that the intent behind comments like this is in no way personal. The idea is to send feedback signals into the community about the kind of discourse we want to cultivate.