Consume Less, Create More

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by codesparkle • 4 years ago

8 4 4 years ago

I know I'm trailing edge (quarter century late?) but I just installed an RSS reader, and found that it cut down on my click-click-click immensely: ("OK, I've finished skimming/reading the latest batch of incoming bitstreams, now time for me to create some fresh outgoing bits").

cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber#/...

codesparkle2• 4 years ago

Nice! I have tried Mastodon but keep getting sucked back into Twitter, hence the 30 minute daily limit. Perhaps I should give RSS a go as well. Can you recommend a reader?

0823498723498722• 4 years ago

I'm using https://www.newsboat.org , but not for any good reason: only because it came to hand when an HN discussion of a fork inspired me. That said, I've had no reason to look for anything better.

On an MBP, I'm using:

  browser "open %u"
  show-read-feeds no
  auto-reload yes
  reload-time 60
  macro m mark-feed-read ; quit ; reload-all
  macro k open ; goto-url 2 ; quit

for hourly polling; when I swap to its screen, I only ever consult 1 virtual feed:

  "query:Unread Articles:unread = \"yes\""

then use either 'o' or ',k' (for HN articles, to open comments) to load whatever looks interesting into tabs (in the browser on a different screen), then ',my' to mark all as read and re-poll.

Consume Less, Create More

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