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Ask HN: Where do HN readers spend their online downtime?
I recently decided to stop using social media. Since then, my online downtime is pretty much spent on reading HN. But it can only go so far. So I'm looking for other fun yet informative places to kill some downtime.
Where do you spend your online downtime?
- scottporad 6y agoImgur. (Though it’s not as good s as it used to be.)
- nodelessness 6y agoPlaying games on steam.
- reinject 6y agoChinese?
- ipnon 6y agoMarginal Revolution[0] is like HN for economics. It's another community where the value of the posts is derived from the comments they generate and the community that develops around them. The Financial Times, too.[1] People will leave borderline inside information in the comments section of articles. The readership is predominantly British and the understated humor and jabs can be hilarious. Non-profit article aggregators with open comments and persistent users seems to be the sweet spot for an entertaining and mentally stimulating time on the centralized web. I don't use any for profit social media platforms because the psychoengineering is too strong for me. Anytime I reinstall Reddit or Twitter I'll remove it in disgust a week later after realizing the amount of time I've sunk without enough benefit. [0] marginalrevolution.com [1] ft.com
- jayzalowitz 6y agoI worked for the FT. The comment section is so cared for its amazing.
- ipnon 6y agoHow does the FT take are of the comment section? Is there something commenters can do to contribute?
- agustif 6y agoBy moderating like any other site I guess, trying to keep flamewars and trolls away, enforcing civilised discussion, curating the comments by participating themselves on the conversation... Just my educated guess
- non-entity 6y agoVarious discord servers, mostly nowadays, or skipping through YouTube watching various content from horror stuff to technical stuff.
- diehunde 6y agoAny tips on getting started with Discord?
- whalesalad 6y agoCall of Duty: Warzone
- ycombonator 6y agoSlashdot zerohedge japantimes
- yogodojo 6y agor/mealtimevideos It's also like HN, aggregating the best videos from YouTube.
- Fiveh2751 6y agoWaitbutwhy.com is a resourceful website for almost everything about life...
- tmaly 6y agoFS blog and podcast have some really interesting material. I like their weekly newsletter. It gives me a good recap. To be honest, I have grown tired of the news under the stay at home order. Most of my free time now has been back out in the garden now that Spring is in full boom. I build a replacement raised bed last year.
- m3h 6y agoSinking a lot of time into Netflix and YouTube lately. For a more productive downtime, I like going through... - https://www.joelonsoftware.com/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/ - https://www.heavybit.com/library/ https://www.heavybit.com/library/ - https://softwareengineeringdaily.com https://softwareengineeringdaily.com Sometimes I find myself day-dreaming, jotting down ideas in my notebook (read: Sublime text) for future projects and things I wanna do. PS: Hello ex-APIMatician.
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- frompdx 6y ago> So I'm looking for other fun yet informative places to kill some downtime. I usually try to use my downtime for personal development. In particular, I read books about programming/cs topics that interest me. Recently that has been Forth. I also try to exercise at least four times a week for an hour or more each session. Beyond that, I try to indulge my hobbies. This week I have been scanning my old film negatives.
- enjeyw 6y agoLessWrong has a very high ratio of thought provoking content and conversation on it.
- nishparadox 6y agoThis I concur. Highly thought-provoking and takes you places which otherwise you don't normally.
- text_exch 6y agoI get an interesting article emailed to me every day from Thinking About Things [0], so I use that to go down some rabbit hole. [0] www.thinking-about-things.com
- dronemallone 6y agon-gate.com is a nice change from hn.
- livealife 6y agor/dankmemes
- zzo38computer 6y agoIRC, mainly.
- mraza007 6y agoHow do you access IRC on phone especially iPhone
- zzo38computer 6y agoWith a IRC client. I don't know what (or if any) IRC clients are available for iPhone, but I think you can try searching in the App Store, maybe. (I am not so sure; I don't use iPhone)
- quickthrower2 6y agoFamous ones, maybe “too obvious to mention” would be dailywtf and xkcd. Even an occasional dilbert is fun!
- econcon 6y agoI watch YouTube videos without engaging in comments. Mostly related to machining and physics and electronics.
- jagannathtech 6y agoI do the same thing, just the topics are different - permaculture, food forests, urban/terrace gardening, off-grid living, survival prep etc
- cpach 6y agoJust a thought: Maybe start a chat channel and invite some people?
- snazz 6y agoThis is a great suggestion! One of my friends started a Discord server for 50 or so acquaintances and it's been nice to talk to each other even if we aren't seeing each other in person. It feels much more real and personal than most social media sites since it's all people that I know in real life.
- kleer001 6y ago> stop using social media >downtime is pretty much spent on reading HN I know what you mean, but you can see the irony here, right? It's a matter of scale, but still. I guess a city of 2 million is a bit different from a town of 200 thousand, or 20 for that matter.
- ineedausername 6y agoPath of Exile global chatroom
- scanny 6y agoYoutube, Browsing stack overflow, https://www.reddit.com/r/proceduralgeneration/hot/ https://www.reddit.com/r/proceduralgeneration/hot/, https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/?f=flair_name%3A%22Show-Off%22 https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/?f=flair_name%3A%22Show-Off...