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

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Post by throwaway5848 »

mrfusion wrote: post #96
throwaway5848 wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to think that. Then I realized that during the last 5-10 years, international developments have impacted my life far more than what's happening in my neighborhood/municipality. Remote working, covid restrictions, crypto, etc. What happens in the world ends up knocking on your door sooner or later.

I see your point for sure. But I’d say Covid was pretty exceptional though. I’m not sure if crypto counts as major headlines especially if you wanted to find out about it early. I’d actually see early crypto news as a local interest but local meaning a technical niche instead of geographical. I still think 99% of major daily headlines won’t affect your daily life. Assuming we ever go back to 2019 boring.

> I’d actually see early crypto news as a local interest but local meaning a technical niche instead of geographical.

Interesting point, I had not considered that. Locality not just in the geographical sense.

> I still think 99% of major daily headlines won’t affect your daily life.

I agree for the majority of people in other countries. In my case, I live in a developing country with >50% annual inflation. Sometimes headlines here really affect your life, like the govt suddenly prohibiting importing US dollars (e.g., if you work remotely), or requiring 1/3 women to form a LLC so I can't open a business with a male friend when I could yesterday. And this is clearly just following trends from USA/Europe. There are countless other examples.

I'd agree, though, not that these are not strictly "international" news but not local either.

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

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Post by midasuni »

jpalomaki wrote: post #93

I've been always quite impressed how well the people who produced the content for the teletext managed to compress the information. Take a look at the current news for example here: https://yle.fi/aihe/tekstitv?P=194 That's the opposite of clickbait titles. Actual information communicated in few lines. This is the kind of summary I would like to start my mornings with.

Impressed Finland still has it. It finally finished in the U.K. about a decade ago

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

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Post by hjkl0 »

narrator wrote: post #81

It would be nice if there was a service that would give one headline per thing going on instead of 100s of different angles. An ideal top 5 headline app would be as follows: 1. War in Ukraine still not over, causes massive spike in worldwide commodity prices. 2. COVID cases and deaths falling. Covid measures being cancelled in many jurisdictions including yours. 3. Something important happening locally. New law passe…

Assuming you check it daily though, how long before you dismiss the first two?

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

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Post by thenoblesunfish »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #18
thenoblesunfish wrote: post #15

Cool site! But, I would very much challenge the premise that the news is the proper thing to start your day with, under normal circumstances. (Obviously, right now is an exception for a lot of people, because of the invasion of Ukraine).

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.

I do as well, but I feel like I can do that more productively by reading about current developments once a week or less. The current situation with the war, where daily updates are crucial to a lot of people and where things really are changing daily, highlights how in more-normal times, that just isn't true.
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