Yeah, I definitely hear that. It's very easy to fool yourself into believing that something is helpful when it's not. That said, I've definitely gotten a ton o

Yeah, I definitely hear that. It's very easy to fool yourself into believing that something is helpful when it's not. That said, I've definitely gotten a ton of benefit from reading HN. It's a great resource for discovering new tech, startups, research, and many other things. If you find part of it beneficial, maybe you should work it into your daily plan/schedule/checklist or however you might organize the productive parts of your day. Put it after a high-friction task, something you have trouble starting. Then reading HN is like a reward for completing that high-friction task. Then you can contribute what you learned to a blog post or comment thread on HN, thus perpetuating the community.