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As always, you can copy and paste the title on Google and bypass the paywall or use the "web" link under the title. For those who won't bother, this is the TLD
by jlukanta 10y ago
As always, you can copy and paste the title on Google and bypass the paywall or use the "web" link under the title.
For those who won't bother, this is the TLDR version:
"Chinatown’s 80-plus produce markets are cheap because they are connected to a web of small farms and wholesalers that operate independently of the network supplying most mainstream supermarkets ... Because the wholesalers are in Chinatown, they can deliver fresh produce several times a day, eliminating the need for retailers to maintain storage space or refrigeration"
- jedberg 10y agoOf just click the "web" link below the title.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoWould be nice if the Google link were on the front page instead of having to waste many seconds dealing with this bullshite (go to page, full text loads, split second later screen flashes and locks down, make it out to HN, look for Google link, almost flag post, wait for discussions to load, find Google/web link, wait,find correct link, reload same content, discover fluff).
- iamben 10y ago"waste seconds" Come on, really? I'm sort of hoping you're being ironic!? I mean - you're reading articles on HN about fruit and veg in Chinatown. On a Sunday. A few seconds isn't worth getting angsty about :-)
- jsprogrammer 10y agoWasted time is a waste. I'd rather not. Seems like it would be seconds to implement the feature and would save man-years of time.
- more_corn 10y agoThe tl:dr here was better anyway.
- thomasfoster96 10y agoIf loading a small text page is a hassle... I'm not sure what millennium your connection is in.
- akiselev 10y agoThis millenium maybe? You know, the one when Internet consumption largely switched from computers with wired connections to mobile with wireless ones. The one when all the media companies started jamming tons of javascript and user interface dark patterns down our throats. Madox's site is a "small text page"; the WSJ site, even the mobile version, is a stellar scale monolith in comparison.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoThat "small text page" weighs in around 2.1MB.
- thomasfoster96 10y agoI thought you were referring to the HN page, which is what the comment seems to suggest to me.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoHN is probably small, but often suffers from bad latency.
- thomasfoster96 10y agoDepends on where you are - HN uses cloudflare, so it can be incredibly quick (even on 3G on a mobile) if you hit a cached page.
- kuschku 10y agoUse this link instead, it bypasses the paywall, globally, everywhere, regardless of referer: http://www.wsj.com/article_email/why-fruits-and-veggies-are-so-crazy-cheap-in-chinatown-1466762400-lMyQjAxMTE2NjI3NjkyMjY2Wj http://www.wsj.com/article_email/why-fruits-and-veggies-are-...