I have been using latex with beamer for the last year, I don't do many presentations, but really it helps with staying on message that you have to be able to so it in latex.
There is a gear on the lower left that will give you the desktop version, but I must say this kind of behaviour by web publishers putting tablets into such a weird format is annoying.
From what you two are saying a person like myself, who is just starting out and therefore not writing much in the way of code or blogposts, should not be reading HN because I can't join the discussion with anything but questions?
What about likeminded people discussing a topic that interests them? Is there no room for that?
I should probably look around for a new name then, I'm DanishBacon on twitter, which puts me in the danger area for being deleted outright and replaced by a bacon marketing scheme..