Make Hacker News Your Facebook Newsfeed

Post by tanderson92 » Fri, Jul 14, 2017, 8:38 AM UTC

apizzimenti wrote: post #62

tanderson92 wrote: post #43

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The chrome extension blocks the column to the left of the newsfeed for me, too. The tampermonkey script does not.

Currently, the Grease/Tampermonkey userscript and the Chrome extension driver script are separate entities. We're working to either make them one and the same OR be exclusively driver scripts, and the real work is done somewhere else. If you want to make this a suggestion that we can track, open up a new issue ticket at https://github.com/yczeng/hackernews-newsfeed .

Post by fazkan » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 2:03 PM UTC

diegoperini wrote: post #83

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What I have realized for myself tough is that being a developer, you need an avenue for mindless tasks. Unfortunately due to cultural programming and a good job on behalf of the creators, it is the social media sites, the productive yield of which is very low. So, for myself atleast, I have realized that I cannot absolutely stop using these sites. The best thing to do then, is to replace it with another activity that…

I completely agree. Although it is not that mindless of a task, I personaly prefer playing a musical instrument without thinking too much of its theory. Playing music like a musician who codes really helps.