Start with the hn rss feed (I think the firehose is more than that; 100 every few hours or so), but after skimming the titles, and before marking everything as

Start with the hn rss feed (I think the firehose is more than that; 100 every few hours or so), but after skimming the titles, and before marking everything as read (two keystrokes in my rss reader) you pick which 5 (or whatever x may be) articles you'd like to look at (and/or comment on) for the day?