> Sure, but what is the opportunity cost of reading all of those posts No idea, I just do it for leisure. And frankly, I hardly read any TFAs posted to HN. I f

> Sure, but what is the opportunity cost of reading all of those posts No idea, I just do it for leisure. And frankly, I hardly read any TFAs posted to HN. I first read the headlines, if something seems interesting, I skip to the comments. If I still think it's interesting, I might skim TFA. I'm not trying to be time efficient or anything, that's just how I enjoy using HN. > what are you really gaining from reading all of those "new technology of the month" postings? I basically never read posts about new stuff, unless the title says it's from someone I respect. If something shows up repeatedly, I might get interested and Google it, maybe even skim that article about it. All in all, I think I'm using HN a bit like Twitter: Lots of noise, with a little bit of signal in it I might want to follow up on.