HACKER Q&A
📣 aliqot

Is there a way to filter just tech content?


Not interested in periphery and social issues. Is there a plugin or some tagging feature I'm overlooking?


  👤 LinuxBender Accepted Answer ✓
I do not know how to only display tech issues specifically, but someone recently posted uBlock addon filters [1] that can remove specific topics by keyword. I've modified mine a little. Adjust the keywords as needed.

After installing uBlock, go to add-ons -> uBlock Preferences -> My Filters

    # top (title / url)
    news.ycombinator.com##tr.athing span.titleline > a:has-text(/(Musk|Twitter|Mastodon|blockchain)/):upward(tr)
    # bottom (stats / comments)
    news.ycombinator.com##tr.athing span.titleline > a:has-text(/(Musk|Twitter|Mastodon|blockchain)/):upward(tr) + *
[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

👤 PaulHoule
I made this a while back https://ontology2.com/essays/ClassifyingHackerNewsArticles/

I've repurposed the same code for a few different projects such as a job search (e.g. I got the second job I applied for when I told them abut it)

I am thinking about getting it out of mothballs and making it reusable and more sustainable and also adding some kind of clustering engine. What I can't stand right now is the headline "Astronomers discover the closest black hole" from the Earth that has been heavily me-tooed for the last month to the point where I'm wondering if (1) the astronomers discovered another one or (2) if some people only read the news once a month.