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Re: Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

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Post by roryisok »

as1mov wrote: post #38
xyzxyz998 wrote: post #4

I visit n-gate.com weekly. I am not very well-aware of stuff outside css/js and lot of people here talk confidently about stuff they have no clue of, unopposed. n-gate reminds me how little people on this site know stuff outside of css/js/business. Rest are clueless wannabes trying to one-up each other. My favorite comment will always be- somebody mentioned that Microsoft Band needs a realtime OS so someone proposed…

Is there a secret area on HN where people worship CSS/JS with blind faith? Because whichever post related to it I visit, there's a healthy dose of skepticism, especially in Electron/ReactNative/AnyOtherJSWrapper posts. Further down you replied to someone else complaining about how other's work is belittled, then you write this > somebody mentioned that Microsoft Band needs a realtime OS so someone proposed javascript…

I'm scared to mention electron on here, always draws out the torch and pitchforks

Re: Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

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Post by ythn »

roryisok wrote: post #41
as1mov wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a secret area on HN where people worship CSS/JS with blind faith? Because whichever post related to it I visit, there's a healthy dose of skepticism, especially in Electron/ReactNative/AnyOtherJSWrapper posts. Further down you replied to someone else complaining about how other's work is belittled, then you write this > somebody mentioned that Microsoft Band needs a realtime OS so someone proposed javascript…

I'm scared to mention electron on here, always draws out the torch and pitchforks

Unless it is VSCode - because who can hate such a good IDE

Re: Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

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Post by [deleted] »

roryisok wrote: post #41
as1mov wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a secret area on HN where people worship CSS/JS with blind faith? Because whichever post related to it I visit, there's a healthy dose of skepticism, especially in Electron/ReactNative/AnyOtherJSWrapper posts. Further down you replied to someone else complaining about how other's work is belittled, then you write this > somebody mentioned that Microsoft Band needs a realtime OS so someone proposed javascript…

I'm scared to mention electron on here, always draws out the torch and pitchforks

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Re: Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

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Post by boramalper »

comboy wrote: post #37
theklub wrote: post #32

Youtube

Not sure why it's downvoted. That was my first thought too. There are tons of educational videos, lectures and inspiring interviews. If you keep watching this kind of stuff recommendations also get quite reasonable.

Yeah but it's like saying "the Web". You should mention some channels, playlists, etc. at the very least. =)

Re: Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

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Post by forg0t_username »

That might look a bit cliché, but once in a while I'll Google stuff I'm curious about and for which I have absolutely no background.

Reading academic reviews and looking up the vocabulary on the fly is a great way to stay humble.

Re: Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

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Post by leephillips »

vvdcect wrote: post #6

Here is a list I keep for weekend reading Got some of these links from previous HN posts like this.. Not entirely tech sites http://nautil.us/ https://lwn.net/ http://www.ribbonfarm.com/ http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ https://meaningness.com/ http://slatestarcodex.com/ http://www.britishpathe.com/ http://www.atlasobscura.com/ https://scholars-stage.blogspot.my http://www.counterpunch.org/ http://harpers.org/history/ http:…

I formatted my list with names rather than URLs, but now I see the advantage of doing it your way. At a glance I can see that three of your sites are in my browser history.

Re: Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

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Post by garysieling »

Nautilus - http://nautil.us/ - Science magazine with great art

The Economist - https://www.economist.com/ - I like that they do articles about places all over the world

Find Lectures - https://www.findlectures.com/ - Search engine focused on collecting talks

I also collect book recommendations from HN, people I follow on Twitter in an Amazon wishlist.

Re: Ask HN: Which sites you visit on a regular basis for knowledge and inspiration?

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Post by krylon »

Might sound dull, but I recommend Wikipedia.

There is a word for it, which I forgot, when you look something up on Wikipedia, the article contains a link to another article, and you go, "Oooh, that sounds interesting", open it in another tab, then, when reading the second article, you come across two or three more of such links, and before you know what is going on, you have dozens of tabs open. The only limit is your patience and your computer's RAM.

Eventually you'll end up reading articles that are not even remotely related to your initial inquiry, but highly interesting nonetheless.

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