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I start by scanning through the front page and clicking "HIDE" on: Betterridge Headlines Articles with a (YEAR) Articles with a [PDF] "Do X in Languag
by stephengillie 8y ago
I start by scanning through the front page and clicking "HIDE" on:
Betterridge Headlines
Articles with a (YEAR)
Articles with a [PDF]
"Do X in Language"
Blockchain-related
Mac-related
"Ask HN: List things"
Hiring notices
- Specific domains:
All newspapers
All longform sites
All clickbait sites
All health information
Medium
Github
Wikipedia
Stratechery
This usually clears out all the time-sinks, ads, "Github spam" and clickbait. And sometimes you find a Tesla article or 2 that's been pushed back to the 2nd or 3rd page.
- alexandercrohde 8y agoI HIDE: "X" the good parts "X" driven design Building a toy "X" in toy language "Y" in Z minutes How to interview [another random internet opinion] Anything that's crawling with cp-grey types. Anecdote about hallucinogen curing every psychological problem 2-week Microstudy on nootropic improving attention
- stephengillie 8y ago> Anything that's crawling with cp-grey types. Is this like CGP Grey?
- danso 8y ago> Articles with a (YEAR) Why do you consider content from the past to be clickbait?
- stephengillie 8y agoNot clickbait, but a rabbit-hole like longform articles. Consuming information dumps can too easily become a form of procrastination.