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"Bring[ing] everyone else to your pace" by increasing latency struck me as a really nice idea. It suggests an additional feature that could be added to a site

"Bring[ing] everyone else to your pace" by increasing latency struck me as a really nice idea. It suggests an additional feature that could be added to a site like Hacker News, where each reader can choose an update interval, and have news delivered on that interval. The key is to use a ranking procedure that is appropriate for the interval, so that the reader doesn't get new stuff for that day, but the best over N days (or N seconds -- not everyone is Richard Stallman). This feature may be silly and unoriginal; but I'm commenting on the internet so I thought it fit. [Edit: when I said "delivered" I didn't mean by email! Just "updated".]

doron 16y ago
This reminds me of the project SlowMail i only could find the cache: http://bit.ly/c9dWWF http://bit.ly/c9dWWF
- KERMIT 16y ago
  Don't use shortened URLs here, please. This isn't twitter; post the full URL.
  - RevRal 16y ago
    The url goes to a May 20, 2010, google cache. Why? [edit: Okay, I didn't see that he could only find the cache. Just for future reference doron, at the top of the webshot is displayed the URL.] Here's the URL unshortened and uncached: http://www.slowlab.net/slowmail.html http://www.slowlab.net/slowmail.html
    - doron 16y ago
      I know, the web-server did not respond at the time of posting, that is the reason why i posted the cache, and therefore didn't see the reason to post the full URL.
      - scott_s 16y ago
        Because I want to know where I'm going before I click the link.
mhartl 16y ago
Though not configurable, the "Top Links" feature does something like this: http://news.ycombinator.com/best http://news.ycombinator.com/best It's really useful, but it's somewhat obscure since there's no link to it from the main page. (You can find it under "Lists" at http://news.ycombinator.com/lists http://news.ycombinator.com/lists)
jpwatts 16y ago
What you're describing reminds me of the Mathic system in Neal Stephenson's book Anathem. The characters are sequestered in groups defined by the interval at which they interact with the outside world. There's a good summary of Mathic life at http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Mathic_Society http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Mathic_Society (the site contains spoilers, but that page looks safe to me).

doron 16y ago

This reminds me of the project SlowMail i only could find the cache: http://bit.ly/c9dWWF http://bit.ly/c9dWWF

KERMIT 16y ago
Don't use shortened URLs here, please. This isn't twitter; post the full URL.
- RevRal 16y ago
  The url goes to a May 20, 2010, google cache. Why? [edit: Okay, I didn't see that he could only find the cache. Just for future reference doron, at the top of the webshot is displayed the URL.] Here's the URL unshortened and uncached: http://www.slowlab.net/slowmail.html http://www.slowlab.net/slowmail.html
  - doron 16y ago
    I know, the web-server did not respond at the time of posting, that is the reason why i posted the cache, and therefore didn't see the reason to post the full URL.
    - scott_s 16y ago
      Because I want to know where I'm going before I click the link.

mhartl 16y ago

Though not configurable, the "Top Links" feature does something like this: http://news.ycombinator.com/best http://news.ycombinator.com/best It's really useful, but it's somewhat obscure since there's no link to it from the main page. (You can find it under "Lists" at http://news.ycombinator.com/lists http://news.ycombinator.com/lists)

jpwatts 16y ago

What you're describing reminds me of the Mathic system in Neal Stephenson's book Anathem. The characters are sequestered in groups defined by the interval at which they interact with the outside world. There's a good summary of Mathic life at http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Mathic_Society http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Mathic_Society (the site contains spoilers, but that page looks safe to me).