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It's a shame that a 'article' with so little information makes on the frontpage of HN. These days the headline needs just to name Apple and it is guaranteed to

by oemera 14y ago

It's a shame that a 'article' with so little information makes on the frontpage of HN. These days the headline needs just to name Apple and it is guaranteed to show up on the frontpage. I wonder if someone could write a plugin to just ban all Apple news from HN. Edit: typo.

ekianjo 14y ago
Should be pretty easy to write a filter that removes all Apple-related news on HN. That would actually be a cool feature for a HN reader app.
factorialboy 14y ago
Sorry for posting a link with very little details. But I think this is a breaking story and needs to be covered. Here are some more sources: https://news.google.co.in/news/story?q=reuters+japan+apple+samsung&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvnsu&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&biw=1517&bih=760&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=d5y52cdMQakgoBMnCqwITGjUctMYM&sa=X&ei=EHVAUI3hCsHprAfbnoDAAw&ved=0CCwQqgIwAA https://news.google.co.in/news/story?q=reuters+japan+apple+s...
elvisds 14y ago
I use a chrome extension called HackerNew[1] that lets you do this. Look for 'filters' on the top right of the page, once you have installed it [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbp...
- deleted 14y ago
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A1kmm 14y ago
If you have Greasemonkey: https://lanthaps.com/static/noapple.user.js https://lanthaps.com/static/noapple.user.js
rimantas 14y ago
There will be interesting news related to Apple, but all those patent cases should disappear, no matter who is involved. There is very little possibility for a constructive discussion.
- josteink 14y ago
  If nothing else, it reinforces that people who think they are being hip when they make Apple-only or iOS-only or iOS/Retina-tailored solutions are working for the dark side(tm). Heck, even if you make mobile apps, also for Android, but do iOS first, you are part of the problem. I think these people need to hear it again and again and again until they actually get it and stop supporting one of the least ethical companies in the tech industry today. You are giving the wicked emperor more power. Stop doing that! It wont make him any nicer. I say keep them coming. Filtering news to ease the conciousness of people assisting "evil" makes no sense. We should be the ones driving Apple. Apple should not be the one driving us. We've seen the result of that already. Edit: specific industry-niche qualifier was needed.
  - Volpe 14y ago
    >... one of the least ethical companies around today. Are you serious? You believe a computer company is one of the least ethical companies?
    - josteink 14y ago
      Fair enough. Let me make an edit and prepend "in the tech-industry" to that statement and I'll stand for it. Apple has joined the rank of patent-trolls and turned what used to be a tech-industry into a litiagative minefield where you need more lawyers than engineers to do a business. They are the front-runners of software-patents and they deserve all the flack they get for it. I don't think there's any debating that patent-trolls are evil and that supporting them are wrong.
      - Volpe 14y ago
        Did they turn it into this minefield? Or do they just play the 'evil' game better than others. I'm don't like to split things into 'Good' and 'Evil' (as they are inherently subjective). But the patent system seems to be the problem here, and until it is removed one has to work within it.
npguy 14y ago
that is not true. i have been trying to get attention to a comment thread with Fred Wilson (usv) reg. AAPL and AirBnB, but in vain.
xmmx 14y ago
Do you really still expect quality content on HN nowadays? Even after that week where 5 articles along the lines of "I woke up at 5am and ate a slice of cold ham to start my metabolism" made it to the front page?

by oemera 14y ago

ekianjo 14y ago

Should be pretty easy to write a filter that removes all Apple-related news on HN. That would actually be a cool feature for a HN reader app.

factorialboy 14y ago

Sorry for posting a link with very little details. But I think this is a breaking story and needs to be covered. Here are some more sources: https://news.google.co.in/news/story?q=reuters+japan+apple+samsung&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvnsu&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&biw=1517&bih=760&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=d5y52cdMQakgoBMnCqwITGjUctMYM&sa=X&ei=EHVAUI3hCsHprAfbnoDAAw&ved=0CCwQqgIwAA https://news.google.co.in/news/story?q=reuters+japan+apple+s...

elvisds 14y ago

I use a chrome extension called HackerNew[1] that lets you do this. Look for 'filters' on the top right of the page, once you have installed it [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbp...

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A1kmm 14y ago

If you have Greasemonkey: https://lanthaps.com/static/noapple.user.js https://lanthaps.com/static/noapple.user.js

rimantas 14y ago

There will be interesting news related to Apple, but all those patent cases should disappear, no matter who is involved. There is very little possibility for a constructive discussion.

josteink 14y ago
If nothing else, it reinforces that people who think they are being hip when they make Apple-only or iOS-only or iOS/Retina-tailored solutions are working for the dark side(tm). Heck, even if you make mobile apps, also for Android, but do iOS first, you are part of the problem. I think these people need to hear it again and again and again until they actually get it and stop supporting one of the least ethical companies in the tech industry today. You are giving the wicked emperor more power. Stop doing that! It wont make him any nicer. I say keep them coming. Filtering news to ease the conciousness of people assisting "evil" makes no sense. We should be the ones driving Apple. Apple should not be the one driving us. We've seen the result of that already. Edit: specific industry-niche qualifier was needed.
- Volpe 14y ago
  >... one of the least ethical companies around today. Are you serious? You believe a computer company is one of the least ethical companies?
  - josteink 14y ago
    Fair enough. Let me make an edit and prepend "in the tech-industry" to that statement and I'll stand for it. Apple has joined the rank of patent-trolls and turned what used to be a tech-industry into a litiagative minefield where you need more lawyers than engineers to do a business. They are the front-runners of software-patents and they deserve all the flack they get for it. I don't think there's any debating that patent-trolls are evil and that supporting them are wrong.
    - Volpe 14y ago
      Did they turn it into this minefield? Or do they just play the 'evil' game better than others. I'm don't like to split things into 'Good' and 'Evil' (as they are inherently subjective). But the patent system seems to be the problem here, and until it is removed one has to work within it.

npguy 14y ago

that is not true. i have been trying to get attention to a comment thread with Fred Wilson (usv) reg. AAPL and AirBnB, but in vain.

xmmx 14y ago

Do you really still expect quality content on HN nowadays? Even after that week where 5 articles along the lines of "I woke up at 5am and ate a slice of cold ham to start my metabolism" made it to the front page?