[kyro]

I agree. This submission has taken up about an entire half an inch of screen real estate, and seeing as how Apple hasn't yet offered a Macbook Air with a larger display, I can't really give up that much space. What's worse is the js script HN seems to be running that forces your mouse cursor to gravitate towards links of celebrity news.

[cprncus]

It's not that my time and reading effort is so valuable (it isn't). It's that news forums are as valuable as they are curated to be on topic. With your argument, everyone could just post anything, such as what Justin B had for lunch, and I could just scroll down, right?

[kyro]

Absolutely. People can post news about what the Biebster had for lunch, and if stories of Lunchables pizza with a glass of chocolate milk resonated with the hackers here to the point where it ended up on the front page, I'd have no problem with it.

Loosen up. People here are human with shared interests that go beyond interpreters and cloud computing. To have one story about a celebrity death hit the front page every so often isn't a big deal. And saying that, the entire front page was covered in stories about Job's death for a couple of days, but we survived. We're here, stronger, more alive than ever.

[elliottcarlson]

Or you can understand that a community will vote as they see fit, and some news items that are not to your liking may make it to the front page. If you disagree with the community, then I am sure you can find a more appropriate one elsewhere that might be able to meet every need you have, as opposed to one that might occasionally have something that does not interest you. With your 48 days on the site, I am sure it won't be hard to make the decision on where you want to get your news from.