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For me, all of the alternatives disappeared over time. First RSS got killed when Google Reader went away. Somewhere along the line delcio.us died, as well as Ku

For me, all of the alternatives disappeared over time. First RSS got killed when Google Reader went away. Somewhere along the line delcio.us died, as well as Kur5hin. MetaFilter went woke (or more correctly, intolerant of the non-woke). Then Covid happened, and Long Covid yeeted me out of the workforce. So now I spend almost all my time at a desk with a 31" monitor and the web. I played Universal Paperclips through 100 times in a row. Google search self immolated, so there are far fewer ways to find interesting things. Reddit self immolated, so many of my niche areas of interest now can't be explored any more. I had cataract surgery, so now reading books is way harder. I'm left with YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and HN. No BBSs, no Usenet. I have the opposite problem... too much attention, and not enough productive ways to expend it.

k310 3y ago
That's interesting. I am very nearsighted, and whenever I need new lenses, it's going to be a dilemma. I read the iphone without my glasses; that's as far as I can see, and can read most tiny print without the glasses. If I misplace my glasses, I can't see very far, so I use the phone as my second set of eyes to find them. Camera viewfinder requires near-infinity focus by my eyes whereas the flat panel requires taking my glasses off. How I manage is beyond me, and could just flip. I just wonder how high power readers will need to be if I go for infinity focus, i.e. "normal" vision. "Looking" forward to varifocal glasses, contacts or implants. Some rudimentary progress has been made, I recall. Of course, headsets will do that, but I'm not going there full time, nor even part time. As far as HN goes, there are sufficient articles of real interest to me, that FOMO takes over. My interests are pretty varied, so filtering, which I tried, fails. My hobbies could take full time (retired). Photos keep on coming and piano practice is never ended. There is always something just beyond reach. FWIW Tech URLS https://techurls.com https://techurls.com and their many related sites go beyond what even Hacker News misses.

k310 3y ago

That's interesting. I am very nearsighted, and whenever I need new lenses, it's going to be a dilemma. I read the iphone without my glasses; that's as far as I can see, and can read most tiny print without the glasses. If I misplace my glasses, I can't see very far, so I use the phone as my second set of eyes to find them. Camera viewfinder requires near-infinity focus by my eyes whereas the flat panel requires taking my glasses off. How I manage is beyond me, and could just flip. I just wonder how high power readers will need to be if I go for infinity focus, i.e. "normal" vision. "Looking" forward to varifocal glasses, contacts or implants. Some rudimentary progress has been made, I recall. Of course, headsets will do that, but I'm not going there full time, nor even part time. As far as HN goes, there are sufficient articles of real interest to me, that FOMO takes over. My interests are pretty varied, so filtering, which I tried, fails. My hobbies could take full time (retired). Photos keep on coming and piano practice is never ended. There is always something just beyond reach. FWIW Tech URLS https://techurls.com https://techurls.com and their many related sites go beyond what even Hacker News misses.