Easier on the Eyes

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Post by hackernewscdn » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 8:41 PM UTC

HackerNews.ca aggregates and displays the latest tech news from Hacker News, including details like the source, age, and score of each article, with options for reading and discussion. The site also includes sponsored content and is updated every five minutes.

I'm addicted to hackernews, but found it difficult to read on the phone and in the evenings... Threw this together a few years ago and just recently added a new theme.

Supports dark mode! lol

The sponsors don't actually pay anything, I just put them in as placeholders. One of them is an affiliate link. Hasn't made a cent. lol

Provide feedback. h t t p s:/ / h a c k e r n e w s . c a

Re: Easier on the Eyes

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Post by twooclock » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 8:50 PM UTC

Doesn't work for me - showing Loading...

Why on earth you put spaces in url???

Re: Easier on the Eyes

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Post by mtmail » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 8:52 PM UTC

Clickable URL https://hackernews.ca/

For users with adblocker installed (isn't that every hacker?) the stories don't load. "Error loading stories: ReferenceError: getInlineAd is not defined"

The ads are an unnecessary distraction.

Re: Easier on the Eyes

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 8:58 PM UTC

twooclock wrote: post #2

Doesn't work for me - showing Loading... Why on earth you put spaces in url???

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Re: Easier on the Eyes

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Post by ThrowawayR2 » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:02 PM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #3

Clickable URL https://hackernews.ca/ For users with adblocker installed (isn't that every hacker?) the stories don't load. "Error loading stories: ReferenceError: getInlineAd is not defined" The ads are an unnecessary distraction.

The domain has been banned by the HN moderators. You can see the submitter's previous attempt to post with the domain that is [dead]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45957957 The link with the spaces is what they're doing to bypass the ban.

Re: Easier on the Eyes

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Post by hackernewscdn » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:32 PM UTC

ThrowawayR2 wrote: post #5

mtmail wrote: post #3

Clickable URL https://hackernews.ca/ For users with adblocker installed (isn't that every hacker?) the stories don't load. "Error loading stories: ReferenceError: getInlineAd is not defined" The ads are an unnecessary distraction.

The domain has been banned by the HN moderators. You can see the submitter's previous attempt to post with the domain that is [dead]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45957957 The link with the spaces is what they're doing to bypass the ban.

Nah, posted it with the url first time and it would take you straight to the site. Once I realized the content wasn't visible, I posted it without the link. The spaces between it was to make the content unique so it didn't get blocked for multiple submissions.

But ya, I would have thought the same thing.

Re: Easier on the Eyes

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Post by hackernewscdn » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:32 PM UTC

twooclock wrote: post #2

Doesn't work for me - showing Loading... Why on earth you put spaces in url???

see previous comment.

Re: Easier on the Eyes

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Post by hackernewscdn » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 9:34 PM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #3

Clickable URL https://hackernews.ca/ For users with adblocker installed (isn't that every hacker?) the stories don't load. "Error loading stories: ReferenceError: getInlineAd is not defined" The ads are an unnecessary distraction.

Well, the theme idea is actually for a 'real' project. So I get it, it's repurposed, but for what I want it for, it works...

I will have to test to see if I can detect an ad blocker and just not send it to avoid the error. Which adblocker should I test with?