I wonder if there are other source countries / regions planned? It feels like quite an unusual mix atm! :-)
Hey there! Planning to roll out a few more countries in the next update! Open for suggestions let me know if you want your country added!
Show HN: Top headlines of the world to start the day
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
GP phrased that quite ambiguously but I think he meant "Reading the news is not the problem". At least by reading the second sentence that's the only logical interpretation.
Correct. I'm not a native English speaker.
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#53FYI if creator is reading: Links to articles on Verge are not working. A new tab opens, but the content is the same justfive.news page. Tried in Chrome/Safari in Mac.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
GP phrased that quite ambiguously but I think he meant "Reading the news is not the problem". At least by reading the second sentence that's the only logical interpretation.
Thank you; GP added quotes around "reading the news" so it’s clearer now.
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#55FYI if creator is reading: Links to articles on Verge are not working. A new tab opens, but the content is the same justfive.news page. Tried in Chrome/Safari in Mac.
Hey there! Thank you never noticed that. Should be fixed now!!
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#56> Just 5 Top headlines
uh... holding up my hand with outstretched fingers how many fingers do you see?
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#57Looks similar to sumi.news
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#58Cryptocurrency is really something you don't need to hear anything about to be able to start your day.
There's almost nothing non-hyperlocal that you 'need' to hear about to start your day. You seem to be singling out one topic because you have an axe to grind.
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#59> Just 5 Top headlines uh... holding up my hand with outstretched fingers how many fingers do you see?
It's the top 5 headlines for each news source/publication.
I think it makes sense, especially for the "global" filter (top left corner). Helps you see the different priorities in different parts of the world.
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#60Those 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 su…
The Week (UK/US) has a briefing "10 things you need to know today" that works similarly. They presented 10 news (mainly US-based) and a short snippet of the content, with the links to news sources they used. [1] is an example of the latest edition. I used to have it saved to my Pocket daily using IFTTT, but since I left IFTTT for awhile back, I don't have a reliable way to get it pushed to me every day. Fortunately,…
Even more minimal is "EZ News" by Alex Kras, it's 85 lines of PHP: https://www.alexkras.com/eznews/