But now, most high rated articles are none of those areas. Usually there are one or two articles worth reading.
Top today for example are: Being homeless a struggle, even with a $100k job offer (seattletimes.com)
How cash is carried across Congo (economist.com)
The Human Hemisphere (radicalcartography.net)
China's Gold Army (bullionstar.com)
Guide to the Largest Ocean Carriers in the World (flexport.com)
etc.
Sure these articles could be fun to read. But then I rather find them in some other forum such as reddit. But these articles has fairly little to do with "Hacker News" to me.
Just saying...