"Hacker News has become the source of the noise for me and I'm increasingly not coming here. I often block it in my hosts file, in fact, along with reddit and F

"Hacker News has become the source of the noise for me and I'm increasingly not coming here. I often block it in my hosts file, in fact, along with reddit and Facebook." If any website causes you to often block it in your HOSTS file, then perhaps you should make a real effort at not unblocking it? All I'm saying is that if chewing on glass gives you discomfort, well, stop chewing.