Why do people submit articles like these, it seems useless.

If you think the submission is inappropriate for HN, flag it and move on. Or if you're new to HN, take some time to get to know the community and its behavior. You may want to review the guidelines again, which mentions refraining from commenting that submissions are inappropriate, as well as avoiding gratuitous negativity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Oh sorry - yes, I am new to the community, thank you for the link. I'll read over the guidelines. How do you flag something?

If you have enough karma, you'll see a "flag" link under the submission title. I think the threshold is 20, (so you'd need 21) though I may be mistaken.

As you're new, I'd be hesitant to flag too many submissions, even after you have enough karma. Take the time to get to know the community more, and its standards.

You may want to review this as well:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

If you need help getting used to the community feel free to ping me.