Hmm. I'd not really thought of this, but yes, it is. I visit mainstream general news sites (Google, NYT, etc), Reddit, tech news sites, and others, but this is

Hmm. I'd not really thought of this, but yes, it is. I visit mainstream general news sites (Google, NYT, etc), Reddit, tech news sites, and others, but this is consistently the source of the highest quality information. The comments are news, too. If something happens and it's important, it WILL be on HN.