[HN Gopher] Haxor News: Hacker News in the terminal
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       Haxor News: Hacker News in the terminal
        
       Author : nothrowaways
       Score  : 158 points
       Date   : 2022-01-01 15:28 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | fartcannon wrote:
       | How does this compare to just loading hackernews up in lynx or
       | links2?
       | 
       | Edit: Nevermind, I see. Its actually a very cool interface!
        
       | acqbu wrote:
       | This is neat!
        
       | joshgel wrote:
       | I've thought about building an API that integrates Twillo with
       | the HN API. Lots of planes/airlines have free messaging wifi, but
       | not free wifi. But, if you could text a number and get the top n
       | stories, then read the comments and perhaps the text of the
       | stories (?) would be pretty nice way to pass some time. Alas I
       | haven't done it yet...
        
         | tyingq wrote:
         | I think most of them pass DNS queries. You could do HN-over-
         | DNS.
        
       | nichochar wrote:
       | This is awesome! Actually, building a HN CLI client is my goto
       | "Todo list app" exercise when I learn new languages.
       | 
       | Here are my versions for elixir:
       | https://github.com/nichochar/CLHN and golang
       | https://github.com/nichochar/clhn-go
       | 
       | (they are much more lightweight than the presented one, but work
       | well)
        
       | nlh wrote:
       | This is excellent!
       | 
       | And also - I think that building HN utilities / clients is like
       | the modern nerd FizzBuzz (in a good way). Is it strictly
       | necessary? No, but it's a great intellectual exercise, it's
       | something many of us have thought about, and because there's a
       | common API underlying, it gives folks a chance to learn about
       | lots of creative ways to attack the same fundamental problem
       | space.
       | 
       | Keep it up everyone!
        
       | nickdothutton wrote:
       | Nicely done, something I can cross off my todo list!
        
       | ecliptik wrote:
       | Last spring I built a dashboard out of a Pocket C.H.I.P [1] and
       | use haxor-news as one of the panes to refresh the top 10 HN posts
       | every minute.
       | 
       | It keeps me from mindlessly flipping to a HN tab to check for new
       | posts, just glance over occasionally to see if anything looks
       | interesting.
       | 
       | 1. https://www.ecliptik.com/Pocket-CHIP-Terminal-Dashboard/
        
         | jedimastert wrote:
         | I just remembered I have mine still, that seems like as good a
         | use as any. The project is basically defunct now, right?
        
       | framecowbird wrote:
       | Super cool, as long as you can change the font on your terminal!
       | Programming fonts are really aweful for reading prose...
        
       | aome510 wrote:
       | Shameless plug my Hacker News TUI app [1] here. I recently
       | released a new version `v0.9.0` [2].
       | 
       | [1]: https://github.com/aome510/hackernews-TUI
       | 
       | [2]: https://github.com/aome510/hackernews-
       | TUI/releases/tag/v0.9....
        
       | dang wrote:
       | One past thread:
       | 
       |  _Browse Hacker News Like a Haxor_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11518596 - April 2016 (61
       | comments)
        
       | jedimastert wrote:
       | I feel like this might be a silly question, but does anyone have
       | a good cli RSS reader?
        
         | fartcannon wrote:
         | Newsboat and snownews exist, but I don't use them frequently
         | enough to give them a review.
        
       | BrianOnHN wrote:
       | I used to question alternative CLI ui/ux.
       | 
       | Not anymore:
       | 
       | > Coworker who sees me looking at something in a browser: "Glad
       | you're not busy; I need you to do this, this, this..."
       | 
       | > Coworker who sees me staring intently at a command prompt:
       | Backs away, slowly...
       | 
       | Well played.
        
         | nvr219 wrote:
         | Boss keys[1] should be standard for every website. The March
         | Madness[2] one for example. There are some good ones developed
         | for Reddit to look like Outlook[3], shell [4], etc.
         | 
         | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_key
         | 
         | [2] https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/boss
         | 
         | [3] http://pcottle.github.io/MSOutlookit//
         | 
         | [4] https://redditshell.com/
        
           | Ostrogodsky wrote:
           | My "boss key" was Alt+Tab. No need to reinvent the wheel
        
         | netizen-936824 wrote:
         | Always be running emerge --sync and emerge --update --verbose
         | in some window
         | 
         | Noted
        
         | pkdpic wrote:
         | That is such a good point. Applies to spouses and toddlers too
         | for the work from home crowd.
        
           | jacquesm wrote:
           | Toddlers that know the difference between browsers and
           | command prompts should be enlisted.
        
         | ghotli wrote:
         | I've been a remote worker for so long this comment actually
         | surprised me. I forgot games like this have to be played in the
         | workplace
        
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         | grogenaut wrote:
         | With 5 monitors one always has code and another
         | terminals/slack. The third always twitch or baseball. No one
         | can tell.
         | 
         | I'll leave games open and an idea full screen on the Central
         | monitor. What am I doing? Even I don't know
        
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