That's exactly why I like news.ycombinator, I can only hope that the community will remain focused for as long as possible (which doesn't mean it shouldn't grow, but it should stick to the hacking/ programming/startup theme so it attracts more dedicated users from these areas and doesn't deviate into a mainstream news aggregator) ... anyway, if you look for articles like those you mentioned in your comment you can always check out reddit.com or other similar sites.