Ask HN: How do you use HN?

• nord

  81 5,938 1.7 SCSS

  An arctic, north-bluish color palette.

  

I'm a very heavy believer in multiple desktops, so I incorporate HN into it quite heavily. My first desktop is always a dashboard, and typically contains my email client and the HN frontpage, alongside any monitoring tools I need for work. HN is a nice aggregation of all the news in my periphery without being overwhelming. The only script I use is one to modify the CSS such that it has the Nord theme[0] instead of the eye-searing default. I normally refresh the frontpage a few times a day, and if I'm particularly bored I'll sometimes venture into the /new posts.

[0] https://www.nordtheme.com/

• python_aws_polly_hacker_news_article_reader

  1 2 10.0 Python

  Grabs top 10 articles from Hacker News and passes them to Amazon Polly with basic formatting (limit to 1500 chars) and plays through Raspberry Pi PWM audio output

Primarily read desktop but I also have a TTS thing [0] that runs in the morning made it a while ago. I have it running on a Pi Zero non-wireless with GPIO audio pin mod.

Eventually I will parse the popular threads to gain insight, I upvote the ones I want to look into later.

[0] https://github.com/jdc-cunningham/python_aws_polly_hacker_ne...

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• python_aws_polly_hacker_ne

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Primarily read desktop but I also have a TTS thing [0] that runs in the morning made it a while ago. I have it running on a Pi Zero non-wireless with GPIO audio pin mod.

Eventually I will parse the popular threads to gain insight, I upvote the ones I want to look into later.

[0] https://github.com/jdc-cunningham/python_aws_polly_hacker_ne...

• hn-comments-owl

  5 19 0.0 JavaScript

  Discontinued Browser extension which makes it easer to follow comment threads on Hacker News across multiple visits, allows you to annotate and mute users, and other UI tweaks and mobile UX improvements [Moved to: https://github.com/insin/comments-owl-for-hacker-news]

>Do you use browser plugins or user scripts?

https://github.com/insin/hn-comments-owl

I've also been writing a Godot app for HN off an on for a while now. It isn't ready for prime time but here's what it looks like[0].

>Also, what are your habits around HN?

I tend to lurk the new comments page. I check this site constantly, and use it as a distraction from more worthwhile projects. It's pathetic, this place is basically intellectual junk food.

[0]https://imgur.com/a/ciLRZO1

• hn-search

  1,618 524 2.9 TypeScript

  Hacker News Search

  

Your search only reveals claims of intent when what would be more useful is evidence of actions and outcomes. To that end...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

Bit of a different picture, isn't it? I know I'm taking a risk by challenging your claim, but I do so because I think a bit of overdue introspection could be good for the site. What actually works? What research can be brought to bear? What locally derived facts can lead to an answer? The only "bizarre" thing here is that it's me and not you asking these questions. Is this a fact-based community or not?

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