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There was a vote for the war in ukraine?
Isolationists are attempting to gain power all across the Western world. Believe me, assisting the Ukrainians is on the ballot. Read the subtext.
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Ask HN: Do you read news daily?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you read news daily?
#72I suspect that I'll be in the minority with this recommendation, but I do recommend staying on top of the news. However, a news website is the wrong place to do it. You don't want "what's happening right now", because the immediacy of it means incomplete information and the rubbernecking effect. Think of it like a sports game. If it's ongoing it sucks you in. If it's over, you hear the score and maybe a couple of sta…
Having a news source that you can "finish" for the day, and that you trust will tell you tomorrow if something really important happens today, is important. I've found the NPR Up First podcast to reliably cover major event of the previous day. Marketplace from APM is also great, but tries to couch their coverage in economic terms. Both of these are radio shows by professional journalists and broadcasters that are available in podcast form.
Re: Ask HN: Do you read news daily?
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> Brexit had zero impact on me Sorry, I stopped right here. That statement is delusional. Read a newspaper or something.
It simply didn’t dude, nothing in my life changed in any noticeable way due to Brexit. Claim otherwise as much as you want, but at the end of the day it just didn’t. The street lighting bill going up though? That was noticeable come property tax time.
My entire point is that you fail to notice and appreciate things that have an effect on your life.
No, I'm not going to take your word for it. You're oblivious.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
It simply didn’t dude, nothing in my life changed in any noticeable way due to Brexit. Claim otherwise as much as you want, but at the end of the day it just didn’t. The street lighting bill going up though? That was noticeable come property tax time.
My entire point is that you fail to notice and appreciate things that have an effect on your life. No, I'm not going to take your word for it. You're oblivious.
I know my own life perfectly fine. You have this belief the entire west is self isolating, which shows where you’re coming from in this argument.
Name a tangible effect Brexit had on my life, just one. Not theoretical things like political isolation and the like.
I will give you the Ukraine bit, that has impacted me, but I have zero influence over a war on the other side of the globe. Worrying about it is a waste of my time.
Re: Ask HN: Do you read news daily?
#75I believe the general recommendation these days is to stay informed, but not necessarily daily, maybe a weekly newspaper.
Online outlets are neverending, breathless and noisy and you will be too, if you follow them.
It is also important to know owners and editors of a particular publication as well as intended audience and circulation.
An interesting tactic is to read a publication from another country.
Re: Ask HN: Do you read news daily?
#76Yes. My morning coffee sipping routine consists of scrolling Google News (US, Business, Tech, Science and Health) and clicking on articles I'm interested in reading further. Then I venture over to finance.yahoo.com and glance that while also checking my stocks. During baseball season I check MLB.com headlines. This takes me anywhere from 20-40 minutes.
At night after kid goes down I then go into my RSS reader for another 30-45 minutes. That consists of daily headlines from HN, along with some economic and tech sites.
I miss the days of getting newspapers delivered and that was my only news. Something about reading a physical page and smelling the fresh newspaper. Been LONG time though.
Re: Ask HN: Do you read news daily?
#77Poland here, I read news hourly. ;]
Re: Ask HN: Do you read news daily?
#78yes, by RSS feed.
that way I can see the title/summary and if I feel its rubbish I just skip through to the next one. I get through about 400 articles a day in about 45 mins.