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Comment by cf100clunk | Hacker News Reader

Just go right to the tl;dr

Hackernews isn't a problems & answers forum, the process is just as important as the conclusion.

Agreed, the process is often a joy to read, but IMHO this article was like one of those joyless vids or AI-generated articles in which one must bulk scroll or fast forward to finally get to the goods.

Haha, this made me chuckle :)

I'll concede on the joylessness front. However, I assure you that all the posts on my personal blog are 100% artisanal human-made joyless posts! No AI needed.

Thanks, it was nothing personal. :)

Good advice for all product reviews and most articles too.

No, it was very interesting to learn about his process and the tools used to diagnose. (I had a similar problem with Acronis True Image killing KiKad performace on Windows!)

As I replied elsewhere, the process is often a joy to read. In this case, perhaps a title like "Debugging QT5-related WiFi Dropouts in Windows" would have been better.

Anyone know of a browser extension that opens pages right to any detected tl;dr headings?

If you have Safari, and a machine that supports Apple Intelligence, that sort of thing is built in.

Click on the leftmost icon in the URL bar, select Show Reader, then click on Summarize.

Mozilla's new Orbit AI assistant for Firefox is in beta, BTW:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42555440

Apparently not available for Firefox for Android

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