It's "industry news" rather than something that "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity". Although "News" is in its name, I think HN would be far more interest

It's "industry news" rather than something that "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity". Although "News" is in its name, I think HN would be far more interesting without it. News includes industry gossip - and HN has more and more of that. And pg's guidelines don't actually mention news. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Certainly, the iPad 3 is covered on TV news. Don't get me wrong: I'm interested in it, but I can get this news everywhere. e.g. http://www.reddit.com/r/apple http://www.reddit.com/r/apple