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This is awesome. Discovering this kind of post is exactly why I read HN and not other "news" sources. Agree with others that the "empty" billboard frames look o

This is awesome. Discovering this kind of post is exactly why I read HN and not other "news" sources. Agree with others that the "empty" billboard frames look off. But much better than attention-seeking adverts. Wish more cities would pass this kind of law. Billboards are such an eyesore especially the pointless political ads we are forced to see.

kevincox 3y ago
> Agree with others that the "empty" billboard frames look off This is also a temporary cost. Yes, the existing relics are unattractive but over time they will be removed and not replaced.
- nelsonic 3y ago
  Totally! Removed or made into art or something practical. Love it.
X6S1x6Okd1st 3y ago
> and not other "news" sources I mean I really enjoyed this piece too, but it's not really news. HN really shouldn't be relied upon as a singular news source. There's plenty of things you should know that aren't the intellect candy that HN promotes
- nelsonic 3y ago
  Totally Agree that there are plenty of things most people need to know about that do not surface on HN. But being a time poor parent means I personally don't spend much time reading long form articles anymore and visiting "news" sites full of ads & trackers is just lame as the signal to noise ratio is way off. Visit the BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news https://www.bbc.com/news once a day to see what's going on in the world. But beyond that only got time for HN twice a day for 5 mins and Twitter once a week also for 5 mins ... If you know of a similar text-based (or low image count) site like HN that has high quality news and no fluff/click-bait please share. Thanks.
  - Tagbert 3y ago
    You might try NPR news site https://www.npr.org/sections/news/ https://www.npr.org/sections/news/ They do have some ads but it is mostly just a right rail ad that is pretty easy to ignore and not as infested as most news sites.

kevincox 3y ago

> Agree with others that the "empty" billboard frames look off This is also a temporary cost. Yes, the existing relics are unattractive but over time they will be removed and not replaced.

nelsonic 3y ago
Totally! Removed or made into art or something practical. Love it.

X6S1x6Okd1st 3y ago

> and not other "news" sources I mean I really enjoyed this piece too, but it's not really news. HN really shouldn't be relied upon as a singular news source. There's plenty of things you should know that aren't the intellect candy that HN promotes

nelsonic 3y ago
Totally Agree that there are plenty of things most people need to know about that do not surface on HN. But being a time poor parent means I personally don't spend much time reading long form articles anymore and visiting "news" sites full of ads & trackers is just lame as the signal to noise ratio is way off. Visit the BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news https://www.bbc.com/news once a day to see what's going on in the world. But beyond that only got time for HN twice a day for 5 mins and Twitter once a week also for 5 mins ... If you know of a similar text-based (or low image count) site like HN that has high quality news and no fluff/click-bait please share. Thanks.
- Tagbert 3y ago
  You might try NPR news site https://www.npr.org/sections/news/ https://www.npr.org/sections/news/ They do have some ads but it is mostly just a right rail ad that is pretty easy to ignore and not as infested as most news sites.