What's the Purpose of Hacker News to You?
raintrees: I see technical news here frequently before I see it elsewhere, and the comment discussions make the links much more valuable.  Many are the times I find myself following suggested links from the comments long after I've digested the original article.I start my day with bbc worldservice, then npr, then hn.  Last I add a dash of dvorak so I am up on my conspiracy theories :)