[mlacitation]

Of course, there's always Hacker News Daily, an automatically generated list (RSS available) of the top HN stories:

http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/

I particularly like the one aspect of non-repeating entries,

"The 10 highest-rated articles on Hacker News on September 29, 2011 which have not appeared on any previous Hacker News Daily are:"

On an unrelated and related note, while I appreciate the effort that goes into a hand-picked newsletter, I also accept that I might end up getting sucked into a cool example of technology. The solution isn't a newsletter or even a condensed RSS feed -- the fix is self-control (which can come in different forms and is typically a mix of motivation, guilt, and software).

[miscmach]

Another option is http://hndigest.com where you get the daily HN summary in an email. It has more items than Hacker News Daily.