As a counter, stuff is posted to new every minute, but 90% of it doesn't reach the front page. In order to reach the front, you often have to do make up silly t

As a counter, stuff is posted to new every minute, but 90% of it doesn't reach the front page. In order to reach the front, you often have to do make up silly titles such as the ones you mentioned, which cause an emotional response (good or bad, as long as it gets clicks). HN also has a problem with brigading, which is why you see some utterly random articles make it to the top too. Sadly not much you can do about this, but you could try browsing /r/programming or elsewhere instead.