Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by asoli » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 5:15 AM UTC

Why is everyone so busy? (2014)
economist.com

Re: Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by hellofunk » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:22 AM UTC

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

Re: Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by inteleng » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:26 AM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #2

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

If you hit the "web" button, you can usually bypass the wall. I was able to read the article just fine, even though I don't have a subscription.

"Simultaneous consumption" is one of my new favourite phrases, actually.

Re: Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by wyattpeak » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:27 AM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #2

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

Most of the sites show their content to archiving services. If you go to archive.is and enter the URL, you'll see the content.

Re: Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by IThoughtYouGNU » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:28 AM UTC

http://archive.is/AfhEN

Re: Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by tlarkworthy » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:28 AM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #2

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

Economist works with JS disabled

Re: Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by byte1918 » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:38 AM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #2

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

On Firefox with uBlock Origin and I could read the whole article without any extra steps. And also yes, I agree, this post only has a few comments but others that have more and require a form of subscription to continue reading make me feel the same way.

Re: Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by Markoff » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:43 AM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #2

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

I use Brave browser on Android and can see whole article.

Re: Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by geff82 » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:45 AM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #2

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

I use the private mode of a browser to get around article limits.

Re: Why is everyone so busy? (2014)

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:47 AM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #2

I'm always amazed how I end up seeing long threads from HN users who read an article, but when I click on it, there is a pay wall. Are all those readers subscribers to these news sites?

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