Ask YC: How to find a news. Hackers News or Slackers News.

2 pointsjlopez17y ago10 comments

I'm looking for the latest Warren Buffet news published in Hacker News but I don't know how to find it without wasting my time. I know this site is for hackers but looks like is for slacker because we are wasting time here for no reason.

BTW: looking for -site:news.ycombinator.com warren buffet- at Google does not work.

2 pointsjlopez17y ago10 comments

BTW: looking for -site:news.ycombinator.com warren buffet- at Google does not work.

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iamwil17y ago· 2 in thread

try http://www.searchyc.com

That's what I usually use. It's just one of those things that's passed on here, like oral tradition, rather than something written down in the guidelines of the official hacker news page.

Others are like, talking about what constitutes hacker news, and telling people not to complain about being downmodded.

jlopezOP17y ago

Thanks, I tried but no luck and not very user friendly even though is a nice work.

qhoxie17y ago

I disagree. searchyc has always been easy to use and gives good results.

known17y ago· 1 in thread

You may want to try Google "Advanced Search"

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a...

jlopezOP17y ago

no luck.

gojomo17y ago· 1 in thread

(1) 'Buffett' has two 't's

(2) Still, either [site:news.ycombinator.com Warren Buffet] or [site:news.ycombinator.com Warren Buffett] returns 90-180 results for me from Google. Is there a specific recent result you're expecting that it's missing? If so, that's Google's limitation.

(3) There's also searchyc.com to try; it returns 157 results for [Warren Buffet] and 86 results for [Warren Buffett].

jlopezOP17y ago

(1) My mistake but google should know it.

(2) Yes, it was about buying a company, the first search result in Google gave me a comment with a possible answer but its not the one that I was looking for, I linked to the top parent while in Hacker News but is not the one either. So it's not what I'm looking for.

(3) I can try to go to searchyc.com but still a waste of time.

vaksel17y ago· 1 in thread

why would you look for warren buffet news on a site like YC?

jlopezOP17y ago

At the beggining YC was for startups and I think that the words of Warren Buffett could be useful for entreperneurs and/or startup founders.

jraines17y ago

You could also setup a Yahoo! Pipe for it and then subscribe to the RSS feed of the pipe.

This way you could stay on top of any Warren Buffett HN without having to search for it post hoc.

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10 comments · 5 top-level

iamwil17y ago· 2 in thread

try http://www.searchyc.com

That's what I usually use. It's just one of those things that's passed on here, like oral tradition, rather than something written down in the guidelines of the official hacker news page.

Others are like, talking about what constitutes hacker news, and telling people not to complain about being downmodded.

jlopezOP17y ago

Thanks, I tried but no luck and not very user friendly even though is a nice work.

qhoxie17y ago

I disagree. searchyc has always been easy to use and gives good results.

known17y ago· 1 in thread

You may want to try Google "Advanced Search"

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a...

jlopezOP17y ago

no luck.

gojomo17y ago· 1 in thread

(1) 'Buffett' has two 't's

(3) There's also searchyc.com to try; it returns 157 results for [Warren Buffet] and 86 results for [Warren Buffett].

jlopezOP17y ago

(1) My mistake but google should know it.

(3) I can try to go to searchyc.com but still a waste of time.

vaksel17y ago· 1 in thread

why would you look for warren buffet news on a site like YC?

jlopezOP17y ago

At the beggining YC was for startups and I think that the words of Warren Buffett could be useful for entreperneurs and/or startup founders.

jraines17y ago

You could also setup a Yahoo! Pipe for it and then subscribe to the RSS feed of the pipe.

This way you could stay on top of any Warren Buffett HN without having to search for it post hoc.

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