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I often use my HackerTrain script. https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/589441-hackertrain-best-comments-aggregator-with-offline-edition https://greasyfork.org/en
by adrianwaj 2mo ago
I often use my HackerTrain script.
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/589441-hackertrain-best-comments-aggregator-with-offline-edition https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/589441-hackertrain-best-co...
Then with it installed, I go to https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments which gets reformatted. If I like comments there, I can read the underlying article having already setup some context beforehand. It's like going to a carefully selected film after having read the plot and spoilers - after reading many in a row. This keeps things interesting and allows for more efficient learning.
Because 2 hours is a long time to sit through something that doesn't really interest me. Online, 2 minutes is also a long time. If you're a senior manager, you use your direct reports to bring things to your attention. Introduces perspective, and seeing with 2+ eyes is a lot better than only using 1.
The rest of the time I use my other script: HackerBrain.
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/588721-hackerbrain-sidebar-for-efficient-information-consumption https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/588721-hackerbrain-sidebar...
Most of the time, a headline alone is pretty much useless and that's what vanilla HN overlooks.