Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#1

Post by _lo3k » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 3:54 AM UTC

Frequently while browsing this site I see a comment that is profoundly insightful about culture, mindset, career, relationships, coffee grinders, etc.

I realized today that I’ve always considered them in the moment and let them go. Perhaps I should have been bookmarking them and revisiting with a different perspective.

Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#2

Post by YjSe2GMQ » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 4:48 AM UTC

"The Single Greatest Predictor of Future Stock Market Returns": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14948078

And here's the live (well, lagging a few months, but this is a very slow signal anyhow) version: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14950203

Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#3

Post by th0ma5 » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 4:49 AM UTC

I've bookmarked so much it doesn't mean anything anymore. I tried a few years ago to index it all, but with the rate limiting that went nowhere. I should probably revisit pulling it all out of the common crawl now that I think about it. Or perhaps someone knows of some mirrors?

Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#4

Post by Invictus0 » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:01 AM UTC

I maintain my favorites list with a great deal of selectivity. You can check it out here: https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=Invictus0

Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#5

Post by dhruvkar » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:03 AM UTC

th0ma5 wrote: post #3

I've bookmarked so much it doesn't mean anything anymore. I tried a few years ago to index it all, but with the rate limiting that went nowhere. I should probably revisit pulling it all out of the common crawl now that I think about it. Or perhaps someone knows of some mirrors?

Did you try the HackerNews API? [0].

I've never used it, but it states in the README that there is no rate limit currently (~8 months ago).

0. https://github.com/HackerNews/API

Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#6

Post by jakelazaroff » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:06 AM UTC

"I try to optimize my code around reducing state, coupling, complexity and code, in that order.": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11042400

Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#7

Post by saagarjha » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:16 AM UTC

Just look at people's favorited comments (for example, mine is at https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=saagarjha&comments..., though I don't actually use the feature very much).

Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#8

Post by amrrs » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:17 AM UTC

dhruvkar wrote: post #5

th0ma5 wrote: post #3

I've bookmarked so much it doesn't mean anything anymore. I tried a few years ago to index it all, but with the rate limiting that went nowhere. I should probably revisit pulling it all out of the common crawl now that I think about it. Or perhaps someone knows of some mirrors?

Did you try the HackerNews API? [0]. I've never used it, but it states in the README that there is no rate limit currently (~8 months ago). 0. https://github.com/HackerNews/API

Yes, It's nice. I've used it to create a Bitbar plugin for mac https://github.com/amrrs/hn_headlines_bitbar

Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#9

Post by saagarjha » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:18 AM UTC

dhruvkar wrote: post #5

th0ma5 wrote: post #3

I've bookmarked so much it doesn't mean anything anymore. I tried a few years ago to index it all, but with the rate limiting that went nowhere. I should probably revisit pulling it all out of the common crawl now that I think about it. Or perhaps someone knows of some mirrors?

Did you try the HackerNews API? [0]. I've never used it, but it states in the README that there is no rate limit currently (~8 months ago). 0. https://github.com/HackerNews/API

I used it last week and found it adequate for my case of running some simple statistical regressions on my comment history. It's probably good enough for most personal use.

Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?

#10

Post by opportune » Mon, Apr 22, 2019, 5:32 AM UTC

YjSe2GMQ wrote: post #2

"The Single Greatest Predictor of Future Stock Market Returns": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14948078 And here's the live (well, lagging a few months, but this is a very slow signal anyhow) version: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14950203

This is super interesting. I read another post on that blog about pension funds' total allocations to equities growing considerably over the last few decades. I wonder if the baby boomers retiring will trigger a noticeable aggregate divestment from stocks to cash