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Comment by kposehn | Hacker News Reader

> It's like a habit to do CMD + T and start typing in news.y

I think you're a real addict if you don't even get past typing ne before the autocomplete comes up :D

Yeah, well, I'm constantly hooked up to an EEG headset that is programmed to recognize, within .03 nanoseconds from onset, the specific electrical wave pattern my brain triggers when I've got even the smallest desire to browse HN, flipping my desk upside down to expose the orange and overlocked 8.2ghz, 32gb DDRAM HN supercomputer loaded with nothing more than the latest webkit nightly set to open with 15 tabs each containing one of the top 15 stories at HN at that time. I've also got a CPAP machine hacked to fit a Camelbak tube through the mask so that when I do forget to continue living, I'm always covered. News moves fast here, and you've got to keep up.

Psh - it's my only "n" site. CMD + T, n, Enter.

I added an edit just for you.

Much appreciated... I thought my comment was in the spirit of the relentless pursuit of factual accuracy for which we come to HN - regardless of the trivialness of the fact... :)

I have my webcam set up to go to HN when I blink.

My problem is that I do exactly this while already reading hacker news.

Seriously who types all that?

It's 'h' + down + enter, and here I am.

At least for me, it's <ctrl-t>n<enter>. Three keystrokes, and probably under half a second.

Same here. It's just gnh in Vimperator/Pentadactyl for me.

Nah, you're a real addict if it's an app tab and you never have to type it.

Then count me as an addict. I have HN as a tab.

Ctrl + 1 for me on Opera

What website is more important/frequently visited and starts with n? I always type n<enter> unless I was very recently browsing the new york times

Ironically, for me typing n is indeed HN, but the next one is nbcolympics.com, (and we all know how useful the latter is if you don't have cable subscription...) so I assume I don't need to check my self into a HN addict clinic just yet

news.google.com for me

Nope, this takes the cake for just n but sometimes, out of habit, I start typing really fast and I get the first few letters in.

I tend to prefer http://hckrnews.com just because of the more intuitive browsing interface and filtering options (top 10, top 20, etc). I have it as a shortcut on my main phone screen and bookmarked in all browsers.

news.bbc.co.uk here

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