https://lobste.rs is the only one I think that would really compare
Send us layfolk an invite?
I can - send me an email.
Other sites like HN?
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
We are all lame on this blessed day after the Eternal September.
As a gateway to YC, Eternal September is a feature not a bug...HN is designed for people who are continuously curious about new things. Unlike a Usenet group, there's not a topic silo. The cure for seeing 'the same old thing weariness' is submitting something that isn't the same old thing.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
If reading from paper and reading from a screen are materially different to you, could you outline the difference?
Re: Other sites like HN?
#34Twitter, but you really need to spend your time crafting your feed and figuring out how to get around the algorithm pigeonholing you.
How does one do that?
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#35linuxfr.org (in french)
Touggourt? Are you from/in Algeria?
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not sure this is an apt comparison.
If reading from paper and reading from a screen are materially different to you, could you outline the difference?
They aren't actually. The comparison isn't apt because we aren't debating the differences or merits of reading on a screen versus reading on paper. That's a false dilemma. There are a multitude of ways to waste time at a computer and the posts you are responding to provided a few of examples of them, including watching videos on YouTube and surfing Reddit.
If those activities are the same to you as reading a book could outline the reasons why?
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#37If 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.. -
Would you mind sharing your lists?
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#38There 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
May i ask for a tildes invite ?
Thanks
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#39Advice 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
Well said. I've been thinking about my "information diet" a lot recently, and I've been wondering what I've gotten out of it. I spend so much time on HN, Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit--to the tune of well over ten thousand hours over the past few years, and that's a conservative estimate. After all of that, I still want more and more, but I'm not sure what exactly I want more of and I don't know if I've gained anythin…
> so much time on HN, Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit--to the tune of well over ten thousand hours
Well, at least then you'll probably be really good at it.