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Poll: How long is your typical visit to HN?

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Re: Poll: How long is your typical visit to HN?

#13
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Ah, it seems you're suffering from a cognitive bias. ;) Some people on HN do not fit your self-reflected view of useful, busy and productive. Reading continuously is a good way to keep the mind sharp and moving even when the body can't do much. On good days I can type a few pages, but other days, I can barely operate a trackball to use the web. In addition to books, code and other tech/science/research news aggregati…

I actually happy to be your janitor.

Thank you for cleaning up.

(From a former "janitor" (not for hn, elsewhere), trying to get more of a life than I've had, as I get well for the first time in my life. An intellectual life is certainly better than no life at all.)

Re: Poll: How long is your typical visit to HN?

#16
I don't have one typical visit. Of an evening if I have gotten a lot done, I might spend an hour looking at articles and links (Not every night.) Over lunch, maybe 5 - 25 minutes, depending on if is stuff there I am interested in. I would say 0 - 3 times a day, I find myself waiting in line or on hold or something and check for anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes on my phone.
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