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Not exactly the most eloquent criticism, but I do see what the OP is getting at. For me, HN has gone from a daily read (too much noise, hit-or-miss quality), to a weekly scan of http://news.ycombinator.com/best - which is generally pretty good. Techmeme is my daily scan for news, which I can go through in less than a minute with Instapaper as my procrastination shield.

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You know, I've been here for over 2 years now and have certainly seen this link but never made the mental connection to use it for just a weekly checkup.

Excellent idea! This will keep me from getting caught up in time-wasting comment wars and cut down my daily habit of scanning through everything.

There's no real need for no-procrast with this link... Simply logout and set it as your new HN bookmark.

Another trick I use is to check the submitter of really interesting stories and see what else they are submitting. I find many users' submission more interesting then the HN front page and even best. Like pg himself for example.

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