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> It find it would be impossible to maintain a useful discussion that lasts longer than just a few hours without it. What’s wrong with https://news.ycombinator
by boogies 5y ago
> It find it would be impossible to maintain a useful discussion that lasts longer than just a few hours without it.
What’s wrong with https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=alkonaut https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=alkonaut? (Where the “threads” link in your top bar leads.) It doesn’t show discussions from weeks ago on the first page, but it does show a couple of days worth at the moment.
- saagarjha 5y agoIf you post frequently enough you’ll start getting responses on comments from page two or three of that list, which you might miss otherwise.
- alkonaut 5y agoThat’s the alternative. But I don’t want to poll that page every 15 minutes. A notification is better.
- boogies 5y agoI guess the convenience comparison depends on how the notification is received and how you browse HN. In my system the worst common scenario involves me viewing a different “workspace” than my browser with the page not open in it, requiring a 2 key chord (Super + 9) to go to the dwm tag where luakit lives and 3 more keypresses (g n t) to go in a new tab to my HN threads quickmark, [Edit:] and at my typing speed of 75 wpm | 6.25 characters per second, it takes about ⅘ of a second + page load time to check, and leaves me at a page full of links to the replies and their context.