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Re: Other sites like HN?

#21
If you curate your twitter using Twitter’s “List” feature you can create some great productive feeds

I’ve been using it for 3-4 years, I recommend checking it out if you haven’t

I use it to curate my tech news. Some example lists I have - Data Visualization - systems programming - Frontend engineering - NodeJS - Databases - Dev Conferences - etc.. -

Re: Other sites like HN?

#23

Advice to myself (a while back when I wondered the same thing)... put the phone down once you've reached the end of page 1, and the first page of new submissions. Life is for living, tech is for 'doing', and anything more than 20 minutes online is procrastination. You're a different person with different requirements, but I thought I'd just throw in my 2c. PS: I rarely keep it to 20 minutes a day but I try

I wonder if you put down a book after 20 minutes, too, because life is for living, and reading is for...?

Re: Other sites like HN?

#24

There are a lot...many will be better once you add their filters or join the right sections/communities. Steemit Lemmy Raddle Reddit Tildes Metafilter Lancebase Folkd Pythonic news Echo js Littr.me 20-things Lobste.rs Hackaday Southgate amateur radio news Soylent news Kottke.org Federated thingies like Mastodon (Drum roll please...) Facebook groups Twitter lists Email lists

If you want multiple in the same page:

https://devurls.com/

https://sciurls.com/

https://techurls.com/

I mainly stick to HN, Lobste.rs, and a few tech related Reddits.

Re: Other sites like HN?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think about this too regarding being a producer vs. consumer Still I get to the point where I can't think/function anymore, and then find something to do/surf something/get those points

Something to keep in mind is that this is a balance, like everything else in life. As humans we are integration machines. We need to take in novel information in order to combine it and produce new novel information. HN definitely helps with that, as the bullshit here is at a minimum with interesting technical information all over the place. Its honestly a gold mine, similar to what Slashdot was in yesteryear. I have…

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Re: Other sites like HN?

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There are a lot...many will be better once you add their filters or join the right sections/communities. Steemit Lemmy Raddle Reddit Tildes Metafilter Lancebase Folkd Pythonic news Echo js Littr.me 20-things Lobste.rs Hackaday Southgate amateur radio news Soylent news Kottke.org Federated thingies like Mastodon (Drum roll please...) Facebook groups Twitter lists Email lists

If you want multiple in the same page: https://devurls.com/ https://sciurls.com/ https://techurls.com/ I mainly stick to HN, Lobste.rs, and a few tech related Reddits.

Couple more:

https://theweblist.net/

https://readspike.com/

Re: Other sites like HN?

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post #23

Advice to myself (a while back when I wondered the same thing)... put the phone down once you've reached the end of page 1, and the first page of new submissions. Life is for living, tech is for 'doing', and anything more than 20 minutes online is procrastination. You're a different person with different requirements, but I thought I'd just throw in my 2c. PS: I rarely keep it to 20 minutes a day but I try

I wonder if you put down a book after 20 minutes, too, because life is for living, and reading is for...?

I'm not sure this is an apt comparison.
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