The OP resonates with me, and I feel like firing up M-x gnus again to browse the likes of comp.ai.nat-lang, comp.compilers, comp.std.c and alt.fan.montypython.

The OP resonates with me, and I feel like firing up M-x gnus again to browse the likes of comp.ai.nat-lang, comp.compilers, comp.std.c and alt.fan.montypython. Perhaps it's time for a new USENET group, comp.misc.hn? I'd much prefer to read HN in a TUI with keyboard navigation than from a Web browser.