Overwhelmed by the sheer number of stories coming onto the HN RSS feed? If you use Google Reader's "Sort by Magic" feature, it'll make it so you get the cream of the crop at the top.
While I'm uncertain how the system works, it looks like a combination of "likes" and clickthroughs of RSS feed items to determine which ones "magically" show up at the top.
However the system works, it's a great way to get as much HN as you can conceivably handle.
[Oh, and apologies if this had been mentioned before, I just discovered it, and it's been hugely helpful.]
