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Re: The Hacker News Habit

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Post by Raphmedia »

LyndsySimon wrote: post #7

There's no doubt that I spent a lot of time on HN, but there have been at least a few times that I've learned of things that directly impact my work first here. Off the top of my head, I knew that Sentry had rolled out hosted instance that were HIPAA-compliant when my team was about to install it and host it internally. That knowledge let us outsource it to them and ultimately save a good deal of time and money. More…

Same. I would be ashamed to browse FB of Twitter at work. But HN? I browse it full-screen without any guilt.

Edit:

That being said, I use this bookmarklet to shift through content faster and waste less time. https://smmry.com/bookmark

I also "Pocket" everything that is too long to read right now.

Re: The Hacker News Habit

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Post by onemoresoop »

I'm in the same boat and I don't think it's a waste, I learned quite a bit in the last couple of months from HN. And it's the comments that make it hard to close a tab for a few days, there is a lot of wisdom here. I want to thank all for your contribution.

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Post by draw_down »

I don't think you can really code or tool your way out of a discipline problem, you just need to work on the discipline directly. That being said, I am terrible with will power/discipline/etc

Re: The Hacker News Habit

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Post by sarreph »

> While on the site, within a span of five minutes, I typically attempt to skim everything I’ve marked with interest. Afterward, I return to my work not feeling like I’ve read anything substantive, and by the end of the day, I forget about the links I’ve opened up, including the ones I meant to revisit.

This is so on-the-mark for me it’s unreal! :) I feel I’m in a sizeable segment of the HN population in that I spend more time in the comments than on articles, so something that helps provide wholesome access to more article content is a great initiative.

Thanks for creating something that attempts to solve this ‘problem’. Kudos to you for shipping an Android build!

Re: The Hacker News Habit

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Post by screaminghawk »

eddyg wrote: post #9

Impressive that you went "Android first" even though you were already familiar with iOS development! Kudos for that. I often click to read the HN comments first , because they are often full of insight and interesting links. (This is also why I read HN from a custom #newsyc channel in our work Slack that posts links once they hit 20 points: it allows time for initial comments to accumulate, and Slack helpfully keeps…

I read the comments first as well. It's often a good indicator of whether or not the article is worth reading. And more often than not there are better references in the comments than the original source.

Would be really interested in that Slack bot if you have the source handy.

Re: The Hacker News Habit

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Post by lazysheepherd »

I personally use two Chrome extensions for this;

1- Reading List[1]: Allows you to save current tab to your reading list, later from which you can search and mark as read. A nice bonus is you keep your article history at the same time.

2- Tab Snooze[2]: This extension closes current tab and prompts you with options on when to pop it back in the future.

[1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reading-list/llocc...

[2]:https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-snooze/pdiebia...

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