Honestly? On the front page:

Magical Block Store: Why EBS Can't Work -- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2479613

Russia's Crime of the Century -- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2479865

How many zeros are there in 2^n? -- http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2479129

The difference is that those posts link to content which shows you something interesting. As a consequence, two of them have interesting comments, too (the political one can be excused.) It's hard for me to understand what is interesting about John Resig fixing a relatively boring CSS performance bug, but I guess that's why we all have our own vote button.