If you're not into cryptocurrencies, then the volatility won't induce any anxiety since you don't care. And if you are into cryptocurrencies, you're already aware of the extreme volatility, some headlines won't change how you feel about that. So not sure what's the loss for reading some cryptocurrency headlines.
I don't care for cryptocurrencies too much (I don't have any myself), but I do check out what's happening in the developer community a bit from time to time, as some of the computer science that is happening there is interesting even if you don't work on cryptocurrencies (or own any).
There's almost nothing non-hyperlocal that you 'need' to hear about to start your day. You seem to be singling out one topic because you have an axe to grind.
And that's pushing the intended meaning of "need" to extremes. But the site indeed features "Cointelegraph" near the top of the page, just next to Reuters.
The "Some Facts" panel presents a meta joke by repeating a brain claim:
Some Facts..
The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes.
I hope the next refresh will be three claims that a goldfish has a 3-second memory
And some weird Oprah Winfrey quote in the middle? And a list of people born and died on this date? I was expecting five headlines I could quickly scan to keep up with important events, not this.
Cool site! But, I would very much challenge the premise that the news is the proper thing to start your day with, under normal circumstances. (Obviously, right now is an exception for a lot of people, because of the invasion of Ukraine).
The problem is not "reading the news". The problem is "reading the news first thing in the morning". Cannot be very healthy for the mind, especially these days.
GP phrased that quite ambiguously but I think he meant "Reading the news is not the problem". At least by reading the second sentence that's the only logical interpretation.
I do as well, but I feel like I can do that more productively by reading about current developments once a week or less. The current situation with the war, where daily updates are crucial to a lot of people and where things really are changing daily, highlights how in more-normal times, that just isn't true.
Did you know Wikipedia has a "current events" page? It's surprisingly good, containing only particularly notable events and therefore not constantly updated in real time. Which I think is a positive.
I think what's great about it is that while it is high level, the embedded hyperlinks take you to the full historical account via the relevant wikipedia entries which go way in depth.
I think the problem with 24 hour news cycle is that the soundbite interviews with experts often give me a superficial, one sided view into what is usually a multi-sided, complex problem/conflict (if it were so simple then it would have been solved already). Usually the pundit/news source has a strong opinion about the topic and is easily able to steer my opinion through their interpretation and through the inclusion/omission of certain facts.
With this page I can't delude myself that I'll know anything beyond the superficial unless I'm willing to invest in a couple of hours digging through the wikipedia entries.
I agree with your approach but I think that, unfortunately, Wikipedia is extremely unreliable when it comes to political content (or anything that can be politicized).
I mostly use it as a starting point to collect references, but even those will be biased as only the sources that comply with WP definition of reliable will be included.
I suggest always looking at the talk page in controversial topics if you want to look at the other side of the argument.
Wikipedia Current Events is great. But it's just like plain oatmeal and doing exercises every day. Most of us just don't have the willpower and go for the sugary cereals and slouching in front of on screen streaming entertainment, instead of doing what we know is better for us.
Having worked directly for a Reuters subsidiary, I would never pretend they're not biased. All news is biased. The only question is whether or not it matches the bias of the reader at the time.
Same experience here with the German DPA. Bias starts at the selection stage. Every editor selecting what is important to them or what they think is important to the readers of the media that has a DPA feed subscription.
Then when doing a write up naturally include personal point of view and experience.
If subscribing to the online xml feed like many web portals and online news sites do, the order is defined by the order of topics in the top 10 media sites in Germany (as defined by the editors of the DPA).
So selection bias, personal biases and echo chamber effects. Even with every great intention these editors have (and knowing a few they really do) it just isn't possible to have neutral/unbiased news.
Those are 5 top headlines from various sources. They may or may not include the top 5 headlines you need to start the day with. To get them, you’d need some work of curation, either by AI or (probably better) by humans.
I’d rather suggest one of the countless daily morning newsletters that give you a heads up of what’s going on in the world with links to read more. There are also podcasts that do the same. I can’t suggest anything in English but in Italian there’s the 'Good Morning Italia' newsletter and the 'Morning' podcast from Il Post. The latter does a good job trying to actually explain and give context on the current news rather than just repeating the headlines.
The Week (UK/US) has a briefing "10 things you need to know today" that works similarly. They presented 10 news (mainly US-based) and a short snippet of the content, with the links to news sources they used. [1] is an example of the latest edition.
I used to have it saved to my Pocket daily using IFTTT, but since I left IFTTT for awhile back, I don't have a reliable way to get it pushed to me every day. Fortunately, they have a newsletter that will send just that to my inbox, so it works out somewhat.
Number 10 for March 6, 2022 is a piece from the Huffington Post about SNLs cold open. I'll never understand how something like this makes a Top 10 list of things I need to know today.
At least the UK edition https://www.theweek.co.uk/daily-briefing doesn't feature that... though it has other items that you might feel are similarly unnecessary.
This looks more like an RSS reader app for some major news sites tbf.
Fyi, there are various "start site" services that let you customize RSS feeds, together with other items like to-do lists, market charts, weather,... considering how many things can be turned into an RSS feed (HN, YT channels, podcasts,...), you've got a pretty well-rounded source of news if you invest a bit of time into the setup, which is actually fun. I've set up a site on start.me five years ago and been using it ever since.
just 'x' item that you can view but not interact.
for instance screenshot of top x posts from hacker news (not that i mind spending time here), or screenshot of x memes from that reddit sub .. and so on
the idea is to keep you from falling down the rabbit hole (doom scrolling or link hopping) and still deliver some value/dopamine
Might be a stupid comment, but United States being first in the dropdown seems like quite a US-centric decision when the site features news sites from around the world. May be better to stick to alphabetical to make it more country agnostic?
Why? Honestly, who cares? I'd rather have a dashboard of my personal health metrics to start my day with - that way I know how to improve my life and how things are going for me.
Just 5 metrics I want to know every day:
1. Sleep hours / sleep rating for the previous night (good, ok, bad)
2. Projected personal net income this week (total incoming - total outgoing expenses)
3. # New users of my SaaS startup
4. Project company net income this week (total incoming - total outgoing expenses)
5. Birthdays of family / close friends today & this week
Okay? So get off here and go build that for yourself then.
A guy builds a news aggregator and shows it on HN, and you purposely click on something you know you are not interested in just to comment that you are not interested in it? Why?
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 198 ms ] threadI don't care for cryptocurrencies too much (I don't have any myself), but I do check out what's happening in the developer community a bit from time to time, as some of the computer science that is happening there is interesting even if you don't work on cryptocurrencies (or own any).
Why is it a problem? I’ve lived years without reading any news and it had no negative impact on my life that I know of.
Nowadays I read news only because I used them as a way to learn Italian, but that’s all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
I think the problem with 24 hour news cycle is that the soundbite interviews with experts often give me a superficial, one sided view into what is usually a multi-sided, complex problem/conflict (if it were so simple then it would have been solved already). Usually the pundit/news source has a strong opinion about the topic and is easily able to steer my opinion through their interpretation and through the inclusion/omission of certain facts.
With this page I can't delude myself that I'll know anything beyond the superficial unless I'm willing to invest in a couple of hours digging through the wikipedia entries.
I mostly use it as a starting point to collect references, but even those will be biased as only the sources that comply with WP definition of reliable will be included.
I suggest always looking at the talk page in controversial topics if you want to look at the other side of the argument.
Then when doing a write up naturally include personal point of view and experience.
If subscribing to the online xml feed like many web portals and online news sites do, the order is defined by the order of topics in the top 10 media sites in Germany (as defined by the editors of the DPA).
So selection bias, personal biases and echo chamber effects. Even with every great intention these editors have (and knowing a few they really do) it just isn't possible to have neutral/unbiased news.
At no stage of the news business.
Lol
I’d rather suggest one of the countless daily morning newsletters that give you a heads up of what’s going on in the world with links to read more. There are also podcasts that do the same. I can’t suggest anything in English but in Italian there’s the 'Good Morning Italia' newsletter and the 'Morning' podcast from Il Post. The latter does a good job trying to actually explain and give context on the current news rather than just repeating the headlines.
I used to have it saved to my Pocket daily using IFTTT, but since I left IFTTT for awhile back, I don't have a reliable way to get it pushed to me every day. Fortunately, they have a newsletter that will send just that to my inbox, so it works out somewhat.
[1] https://theweek.com/us/1010963/10-things-you-need-to-know-to...
Fyi, there are various "start site" services that let you customize RSS feeds, together with other items like to-do lists, market charts, weather,... considering how many things can be turned into an RSS feed (HN, YT channels, podcasts,...), you've got a pretty well-rounded source of news if you invest a bit of time into the setup, which is actually fun. I've set up a site on start.me five years ago and been using it ever since.
just 'x' item that you can view but not interact. for instance screenshot of top x posts from hacker news (not that i mind spending time here), or screenshot of x memes from that reddit sub .. and so on
the idea is to keep you from falling down the rabbit hole (doom scrolling or link hopping) and still deliver some value/dopamine
/s
Just 5 metrics I want to know every day:
1. Sleep hours / sleep rating for the previous night (good, ok, bad)
2. Projected personal net income this week (total incoming - total outgoing expenses)
3. # New users of my SaaS startup
4. Project company net income this week (total incoming - total outgoing expenses)
5. Birthdays of family / close friends today & this week
A guy builds a news aggregator and shows it on HN, and you purposely click on something you know you are not interested in just to comment that you are not interested in it? Why?
Not everything is for you man.