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Ask HN: Where do you regularly discover interesting links on internet?

29 points by syx 6y ago

I recently came across websites like special.fish and gossipsweb.net, do HN users have different sources?

nikivi 6y ago
https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/research/staying-on-top-of-things https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/research/staying-on-top-of-t...
gkbrk 6y ago
I like using https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com
priyanshuraj 6y ago
There is this orange outdated looking site where nerds hang out that I like - https://news.ycombinator.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/
- imdsm 6y ago
  May it never be modernised
  - m-p-3 6y ago
    It's so fast, and it loads quite well on my Kobo eReader and in CLI.
    - edgartaor 6y ago
      Kobo eReader is any good? I'm looking for a eReader.
      - m-p-3 6y ago
        I love mine, it's mostly opened up so you can sideload almost whatever you want (EPUB , CBR/CBZ, PDF although not great, and even Kiwix ZIM files) and there is a great modding community on mobileread. I found the integration with Pocket (read-it later kind of servixe) to be quite useful, as I can read web articles at my own pace, without any distractions on a paper-like display without requiring Internet access.
      - Ginguin 6y ago
        I'll second the Kobo. I moved over to them after owning several Barnes & Noble's Nook e-readers and couldn't be happier. I have purchased several for others as gifts (which is better than just a recommendation!). I can check ebooks out of the local library with the integrated Overdrive (functional and free, limited catalog), occasionally buy books from the Kobo store (convenience), but often purchase DRM free epubs (Baen Books being a favorite for Sci-fi/Fantasy) and sideload them. I love mine and use one every day (and have for years now).
- LoveMortuus 6y ago
  Is there a reason why HN is orange?
  - robjan 6y ago
    It's the Y Combinator corporate colour
    - dang 6y ago
      True, but that's not the reason. The reason (for both) is that pg likes orange.
      - LoveMortuus 6y ago
        What if... The colour could reflect the time of day and the of the year? Thus over time we could say that the purple time is coming which means it's the fun part of the year!
        dang 6y ago
        You can do that yourself once you can set your top color, which happens at a certain level of karma. I think it's 250.
        LoveMortuus 6y ago
        Wow! More fun stuff opens up as you earn more Karma? Had anyone reached the end level?
  - timwis 6y ago
    The devs implemented a halloween theme just before losing their SSH key for the production server about 10 years ago.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - 6y ago
Akcium 6y ago
On hacker news!
newdude116 6y ago
Hackernews and Wankspider.com
kranner 6y ago
Twitter.
aminebaloo 6y ago
Hackernews and reddit.
SeriousM 6y ago
Actually only hackernews because the community here is well educated and is interested in commenting and discuss on a higher level.
- giantg2 6y ago
  Every group has it's detractors/screwups/etc. It just might be a lower percentage here than other places. I've seen some nasty stuff on a few of the posts that have a tie into politics (FL Data Scientist article recently) and of course downvoting without discussion or explanation.
  - fuball63 6y ago
    I recently watched a post that had a good conversation in the comments get flagged and removed on the basis of "the author is a college student, what do they know". Was really disappointing to see. Overall I enjoy my experience here, though.
redflame8 6y ago
Thedonald.win Go learn what the other side thinks. Find common ground
- mrtobo 6y ago
  Whoa.
- giantg2 6y ago
  Probably better off finding a more legit/mainstream site if you want to find out what another side thinks. Using that site to find out what Republicans/Trump supporters believe on a wide scale would be like using the socialist party's website to find out what AOC supporters think (because people on the other side believe she's full socialist).
  - JuliusPullo 6y ago
    There are no legit/mainstream sites anymore, there are too many powerful political interests in play. What tries to pass for "legit/mainstream" these days is plain old propaganda. Thedonald.win itself exists because the original group, r/The_Donald, was censored and banned from reddit on the excuse that they were inciting violence against the police. This, of course, happened just before inciting violence against the police was considered cool. If you want to know what that other side thinks (supposing you are on the other's other side), go to thedonald.win.
    - giantg2 6y ago
      I guess what I'm saying is that if you use a single site to stereotype a group of people, that stereotype will be wildly inaccurate. I'm sure there are Trump supporters (maybe better phrased as non-Biden supporters) that don't believe half the stuff on that site.
      - redflame8 6y ago
        There’s over 1 1/2 million people on that site it’s the largest forum of Trump supporters by far
from 6y ago
Subscribe to high impact factor journals in various fields (Nature, Nature Reviews ____, Journal of Finance, etc) and try to understand everything you can.
m-p-3 6y ago
https://skimfeed.com/ https://skimfeed.com/ And everything else is just an amalgamation of all the RSS feeds I follow, and some subreddits I'm subscribed to.
- pedro1976 6y ago
  OT: Just checked their privacy statement in which they say "NO TRACKING (EXCEPT GOOGLE ANALYTICS, AND INTERNAL TRACKING)". That is quite a cheeky statement.
  - m-p-3 6y ago
    I never thought to look, those seems indeed contradictory > ONCE AGAIN: SKIMFEED IS 100% NON-COMMERCIAL. NO ADS, NO DATA SELLING, NO AFFILIATE LINKS, NO DONATIONS, NOTHING. HAVE A GREAT DAY! > DoubleClick DART Cookie > .:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on skimfeed.com. I should turn off my adblocker and see if there's ads..
    - the_arun 6y ago
      By NON-COMMERCIAL, I thought non-profit. But still they need to earn something for hosting (if they are paying).
i_am_cam 6y ago
Lobsters[1] is a good alternative to HN. [1] https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/
- stjo 6y ago
  They are a LOT more focused in tech (free tech specifically), not many of the interesting conversations here would be welcome there. Also, they allow new accounts only if existing account invites them - thus severely limiting the number of “btw I’m the creator of X that you talk about, let me tell you my story” type of comments that are abundant on HN.
- giantg2 6y ago
  Thanks! I never knew about this. Seems interesting.
avinassh 6y ago
Reddit, especially InternetIsBeautiful[0] subreddit. [0] - https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/ https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/
mrspeaker 6y ago
I have https://wiby.org/ https://wiby.org/ set as my homepage... when I need to, I hit "surprise me" and it always does!
dban 6y ago
ML News: https://mln.dev/ https://mln.dev/
benzguo 6y ago
I made this space to share cool links with friends: https://tray.club/ https://tray.club/ (inspired by communities like special.fish). Not the best place for link discovery yet, but I like sharing an evergreen bundle of links and notes with friends this way :)
endori97 6y ago
High quality creators have largely abandoned text/open-web in favor of video, ergo YouTube channels for interesting stuff.
gecko_ 6y ago
Mainly hackernews, for great hardware related projects hackaday.com.
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29 points by syx 6y ago

I recently came across websites like special.fish and gossipsweb.net, do HN users have different sources?

https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/research/staying-on-top-of-things https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/research/staying-on-top-of-t...

gkbrk 6y ago

I like using https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com

priyanshuraj 6y ago

There is this orange outdated looking site where nerds hang out that I like - https://news.ycombinator.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/

imdsm 6y ago
May it never be modernised
- m-p-3 6y ago
  It's so fast, and it loads quite well on my Kobo eReader and in CLI.
  - edgartaor 6y ago
    Kobo eReader is any good? I'm looking for a eReader.
    - m-p-3 6y ago
      I love mine, it's mostly opened up so you can sideload almost whatever you want (EPUB , CBR/CBZ, PDF although not great, and even Kiwix ZIM files) and there is a great modding community on mobileread. I found the integration with Pocket (read-it later kind of servixe) to be quite useful, as I can read web articles at my own pace, without any distractions on a paper-like display without requiring Internet access.
    - Ginguin 6y ago
      I'll second the Kobo. I moved over to them after owning several Barnes & Noble's Nook e-readers and couldn't be happier. I have purchased several for others as gifts (which is better than just a recommendation!). I can check ebooks out of the local library with the integrated Overdrive (functional and free, limited catalog), occasionally buy books from the Kobo store (convenience), but often purchase DRM free epubs (Baen Books being a favorite for Sci-fi/Fantasy) and sideload them. I love mine and use one every day (and have for years now).
LoveMortuus 6y ago
Is there a reason why HN is orange?
- robjan 6y ago
  It's the Y Combinator corporate colour
  - dang 6y ago
    True, but that's not the reason. The reason (for both) is that pg likes orange.
    - LoveMortuus 6y ago
      What if... The colour could reflect the time of day and the of the year? Thus over time we could say that the purple time is coming which means it's the fun part of the year!
      - dang 6y ago
        You can do that yourself once you can set your top color, which happens at a certain level of karma. I think it's 250.
        LoveMortuus 6y ago
        Wow! More fun stuff opens up as you earn more Karma? Had anyone reached the end level?
- timwis 6y ago
  The devs implemented a halloween theme just before losing their SSH key for the production server about 10 years ago.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- 6y ago

Akcium 6y ago

On hacker news!

newdude116 6y ago

Hackernews and Wankspider.com

kranner 6y ago

Twitter.

aminebaloo 6y ago

Hackernews and reddit.

SeriousM 6y ago

Actually only hackernews because the community here is well educated and is interested in commenting and discuss on a higher level.

giantg2 6y ago
Every group has it's detractors/screwups/etc. It just might be a lower percentage here than other places. I've seen some nasty stuff on a few of the posts that have a tie into politics (FL Data Scientist article recently) and of course downvoting without discussion or explanation.
- fuball63 6y ago
  I recently watched a post that had a good conversation in the comments get flagged and removed on the basis of "the author is a college student, what do they know". Was really disappointing to see. Overall I enjoy my experience here, though.

redflame8 6y ago

Thedonald.win Go learn what the other side thinks. Find common ground

mrtobo 6y ago
Whoa.
giantg2 6y ago
Probably better off finding a more legit/mainstream site if you want to find out what another side thinks. Using that site to find out what Republicans/Trump supporters believe on a wide scale would be like using the socialist party's website to find out what AOC supporters think (because people on the other side believe she's full socialist).
- JuliusPullo 6y ago
  There are no legit/mainstream sites anymore, there are too many powerful political interests in play. What tries to pass for "legit/mainstream" these days is plain old propaganda. Thedonald.win itself exists because the original group, r/The_Donald, was censored and banned from reddit on the excuse that they were inciting violence against the police. This, of course, happened just before inciting violence against the police was considered cool. If you want to know what that other side thinks (supposing you are on the other's other side), go to thedonald.win.
  - giantg2 6y ago
    I guess what I'm saying is that if you use a single site to stereotype a group of people, that stereotype will be wildly inaccurate. I'm sure there are Trump supporters (maybe better phrased as non-Biden supporters) that don't believe half the stuff on that site.
    - redflame8 6y ago
      There’s over 1 1/2 million people on that site it’s the largest forum of Trump supporters by far

from 6y ago

Subscribe to high impact factor journals in various fields (Nature, Nature Reviews ____, Journal of Finance, etc) and try to understand everything you can.

m-p-3 6y ago

https://skimfeed.com/ https://skimfeed.com/ And everything else is just an amalgamation of all the RSS feeds I follow, and some subreddits I'm subscribed to.

pedro1976 6y ago
OT: Just checked their privacy statement in which they say "NO TRACKING (EXCEPT GOOGLE ANALYTICS, AND INTERNAL TRACKING)". That is quite a cheeky statement.
- m-p-3 6y ago
  I never thought to look, those seems indeed contradictory > ONCE AGAIN: SKIMFEED IS 100% NON-COMMERCIAL. NO ADS, NO DATA SELLING, NO AFFILIATE LINKS, NO DONATIONS, NOTHING. HAVE A GREAT DAY! > DoubleClick DART Cookie > .:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on skimfeed.com. I should turn off my adblocker and see if there's ads..
  - the_arun 6y ago
    By NON-COMMERCIAL, I thought non-profit. But still they need to earn something for hosting (if they are paying).

i_am_cam 6y ago

Lobsters[1] is a good alternative to HN. [1] https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/

stjo 6y ago
They are a LOT more focused in tech (free tech specifically), not many of the interesting conversations here would be welcome there. Also, they allow new accounts only if existing account invites them - thus severely limiting the number of “btw I’m the creator of X that you talk about, let me tell you my story” type of comments that are abundant on HN.
giantg2 6y ago
Thanks! I never knew about this. Seems interesting.

avinassh 6y ago

Reddit, especially InternetIsBeautiful[0] subreddit. [0] - https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/ https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/

mrspeaker 6y ago

I have https://wiby.org/ https://wiby.org/ set as my homepage... when I need to, I hit "surprise me" and it always does!

dban 6y ago

ML News: https://mln.dev/ https://mln.dev/

benzguo 6y ago

I made this space to share cool links with friends: https://tray.club/ https://tray.club/ (inspired by communities like special.fish). Not the best place for link discovery yet, but I like sharing an evergreen bundle of links and notes with friends this way :)

endori97 6y ago

High quality creators have largely abandoned text/open-web in favor of video, ergo YouTube channels for interesting stuff.

gecko_ 6y ago

Mainly hackernews, for great hardware related projects hackaday.com.

deleted 6y ago

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