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Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

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Post by hk__2 »

Biganon wrote: post #23
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dunno, I like to keep up to date with worldly events and developments still. I don't want to be sticking my head in the sand.

The problem is not "reading the news". The problem is "reading the news first thing in the morning". Cannot be very healthy for the mind, especially these days.

> The problem is not reading the news.

Why is it a problem? I’ve lived years without reading any news and it had no negative impact on my life that I know of.

Nowadays I read news only because I used them as a way to learn Italian, but that’s all.

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

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Post by hk__2 »

Those are 5 top headlines from various sources. They may or may not include the top 5 headlines you need to start the day with. To get them, you’d need some work of curation, either by AI or (probably better) by humans.

I’d rather suggest one of the countless daily morning newsletters that give you a heads up of what’s going on in the world with links to read more. There are also podcasts that do the same. I can’t suggest anything in English but in Italian there’s the 'Good Morning Italia' newsletter and the 'Morning' podcast from Il Post. The latter does a good job trying to actually explain and give context on the current news rather than just repeating the headlines.

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

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Post by t_mann »

This looks more like an RSS reader app for some major news sites tbf.

Fyi, there are various "start site" services that let you customize RSS feeds, together with other items like to-do lists, market charts, weather,... considering how many things can be turned into an RSS feed (HN, YT channels, podcasts,...), you've got a pretty well-rounded source of news if you invest a bit of time into the setup, which is actually fun. I've set up a site on start.me five years ago and been using it ever since.

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

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Post by garage_dev »

i had a similar that could be added as feature:

just 'x' item that you can view but not interact. for instance screenshot of top x posts from hacker news (not that i mind spending time here), or screenshot of x memes from that reddit sub .. and so on

the idea is to keep you from falling down the rabbit hole (doom scrolling or link hopping) and still deliver some value/dopamine

Re: Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day

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Post by ailef »

somethoughts wrote: post #27
LeoPanthera wrote: post #20

Did you know Wikipedia has a "current events" page? It's surprisingly good, containing only particularly notable events and therefore not constantly updated in real time. Which I think is a positive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events

I think what's great about it is that while it is high level, the embedded hyperlinks take you to the full historical account via the relevant wikipedia entries which go way in depth. I think the problem with 24 hour news cycle is that the soundbite interviews with experts often give me a superficial, one sided view into what is usually a multi-sided, complex problem/conflict (if it were so simple then it would have…

I agree with your approach but I think that, unfortunately, Wikipedia is extremely unreliable when it comes to political content (or anything that can be politicized).

I mostly use it as a starting point to collect references, but even those will be biased as only the sources that comply with WP definition of reliable will be included.

I suggest always looking at the talk page in controversial topics if you want to look at the other side of the argument.

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