Ask HN: Where do HN readers spend their online downtime?
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Marginal Revolution[0] is like HN for economics. It's another community where the value of the posts is derived from the comments they generate and the community that develops around them.
The Financial Times, too.[1] People will leave borderline inside information in the comments section of articles. The readership is predominantly British and the understated humor and jabs can be hilarious.
Non-profit article aggregators with open comments and persistent users seems to be the sweet spot for an entertaining and mentally stimulating time on the centralized web. I don't use any for profit social media platforms because the psychoengineering is too strong for me. Anytime I reinstall Reddit or Twitter I'll remove it in disgust a week later after realizing the amount of time I've sunk without enough benefit.
[0] marginalrevolution.com [1] ft.com
The Financial Times, too.[1] People will leave borderline inside information in the comments section of articles. The readership is predominantly British and the understated humor and jabs can be hilarious.
Non-profit article aggregators with open comments and persistent users seems to be the sweet spot for an entertaining and mentally stimulating time on the centralized web. I don't use any for profit social media platforms because the psychoengineering is too strong for me. Anytime I reinstall Reddit or Twitter I'll remove it in disgust a week later after realizing the amount of time I've sunk without enough benefit.
[0] marginalrevolution.com [1] ft.com
I worked for the FT. The comment section is so cared for its amazing.
How does the FT take are of the comment section? Is there something commenters can do to contribute?
By moderating like any other site I guess, trying to keep flamewars and trolls away, enforcing civilised discussion, curating the comments by participating themselves on the conversation...
Just my educated guess
Just my educated guess
Sinking a lot of time into Netflix and YouTube lately.
For a more productive downtime, I like going through...
- https://www.joelonsoftware.com/
- https://www.heavybit.com/library/
- https://softwareengineeringdaily.com
Sometimes I find myself day-dreaming, jotting down ideas in my notebook (read: Sublime text) for future projects and things I wanna do.
PS: Hello ex-APIMatician.
For a more productive downtime, I like going through...
- https://www.joelonsoftware.com/
- https://www.heavybit.com/library/
- https://softwareengineeringdaily.com
Sometimes I find myself day-dreaming, jotting down ideas in my notebook (read: Sublime text) for future projects and things I wanna do.
PS: Hello ex-APIMatician.
Waitbutwhy.com is a resourceful website for almost everything about life...
Youtube,
Browsing stack overflow,
https://www.reddit.com/r/proceduralgeneration/hot/,
https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/?f=flair_name%3A%22Show-Off...
LessWrong has a very high ratio of thought provoking content and conversation on it.
This I concur. Highly thought-provoking and takes you places which otherwise you don't normally.
FS blog and podcast have some really interesting material.
I like their weekly newsletter. It gives me a good recap. To be honest, I have grown tired of the news under the stay at home order.
Most of my free time now has been back out in the garden now that Spring is in full boom. I build a replacement raised bed last year.
I like their weekly newsletter. It gives me a good recap. To be honest, I have grown tired of the news under the stay at home order.
Most of my free time now has been back out in the garden now that Spring is in full boom. I build a replacement raised bed last year.
Just a thought: Maybe start a chat channel and invite some people?
This is a great suggestion! One of my friends started a Discord server for 50 or so acquaintances and it's been nice to talk to each other even if we aren't seeing each other in person. It feels much more real and personal than most social media sites since it's all people that I know in real life.
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> So I'm looking for other fun yet informative places to kill some downtime.
I usually try to use my downtime for personal development. In particular, I read books about programming/cs topics that interest me. Recently that has been Forth. I also try to exercise at least four times a week for an hour or more each session. Beyond that, I try to indulge my hobbies. This week I have been scanning my old film negatives.
I usually try to use my downtime for personal development. In particular, I read books about programming/cs topics that interest me. Recently that has been Forth. I also try to exercise at least four times a week for an hour or more each session. Beyond that, I try to indulge my hobbies. This week I have been scanning my old film negatives.
I watch YouTube videos without engaging in comments.
Mostly related to machining and physics and electronics.
Mostly related to machining and physics and electronics.
I do the same thing, just the topics are different - permaculture, food forests, urban/terrace gardening, off-grid living, survival prep etc
> stop using social media
>downtime is pretty much spent on reading HN
I know what you mean, but you can see the irony here, right?
It's a matter of scale, but still. I guess a city of 2 million is a bit different from a town of 200 thousand, or 20 for that matter.
>downtime is pretty much spent on reading HN
I know what you mean, but you can see the irony here, right?
It's a matter of scale, but still. I guess a city of 2 million is a bit different from a town of 200 thousand, or 20 for that matter.
Call of Duty: Warzone
I get an interesting article emailed to me every day from Thinking About Things [0], so I use that to go down some rabbit hole.
[0] www.thinking-about-things.com
[0] www.thinking-about-things.com
Various discord servers, mostly nowadays, or skipping through YouTube watching various content from horror stuff to technical stuff.
Any tips on getting started with Discord?
Path of Exile global chatroom
Slashdot zerohedge japantimes
r/mealtimevideos
It's also like HN, aggregating the best videos from YouTube.
It's also like HN, aggregating the best videos from YouTube.
Imgur. (Though it’s not as good s as it used to be.)
IRC, mainly.
How do you access IRC on phone especially iPhone
With a IRC client. I don't know what (or if any) IRC clients are available for iPhone, but I think you can try searching in the App Store, maybe. (I am not so sure; I don't use iPhone)
Famous ones, maybe “too obvious to mention” would be dailywtf and xkcd. Even an occasional dilbert is fun!
r/dankmemes
n-gate.com is a nice change from hn.
Where do you spend your online downtime?