The creator of this site is reading all of your feedback. He gives his thanks, but warns that this site wasn't supposed to be ready to launch yet.
(I know him in RL, and right now new HN accounts cannot be created.)
(I know him in RL, and right now new HN accounts cannot be created.)
They cannot be created from the login page, but a prompt is offered to create a new account when replying to a comment.