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Re: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

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https://tweakers.net Dutch-language tech community. Has news, a well-moderated and active forum, product and price comparison (with many filtering options) and reviews (both by tech journalists and the community), second-hand sales, and a job board. It was started by one guy 20 (if not more) years ago, but these days it's part of one of the big Dutch-language media conglomerates (DPG Media).

Nice! Any other Dutch websites you can recommend?

When discussing Tweakers, https://hardware.info comes to mind, which has been run by the same guys as Tweakers since September 2020 and focuses on products. Its associated forums were discontinued in favor of the Tweakers forums.

The community on /r/thenetherlands on Reddit is pretty friendly (more friendly than Reddit at large, where arguments tend to devolve into snide remarks with a higher frequency).

https://fok.nl and its associated forums are still kicking, although I don't personally frequent the site.

There is also https://dumpert.nl, which appeals to a certain subset of the population. I admit some of the videos on there can be entertaining, but the community is offputting to me.

Other than that, there are of course a dozen news media (ownership of which is mostly split between two conglomerates: DPG Media and Mediahuis) which have an online presence. Reputable ones include NOS, de Volkskrant, NRC, Trouw, het Parool, de Groene Amsterdammer, FD, de Correspondent. Don't bother with de Telegraaf, it's the Dutch equivalent of The Sun or Bild (or in certain regards, Fox News). There are also media outlets covering Dutch-speaking areas outside the Netherlands (Flanders (Belgium), Suriname), but I'm not too familiar with those, being from the Netherlands myself.

Also of interest might be https://dutchnews.nl and https://facebook.com/NOSinEnglish, Dutch news coverage in English (the latter one specifically translating NOS's COVID-19 coverage).

Re: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sweden is a privacy-minded individual’s nightmare. There are a bunch of other sites like Hitta as well. For example on Ratsit you can pay a small amount of money and see anyone’s salary and full personnummer, which is similar to a social security number in the US. If they live in an apartment you can see exactly where in the building they live. Just as an example, when I was visiting a friend for the first time I was…

Doesn't the EU lean towards privacy protection for individuals? I'm assuming Sweden being a member, means that EU laws would take precedence if someone wanted their information removed from websites like these?

As far as I can tell, the EU tends to lean towards privacy protection for individuals against businesses or other private entities, not against the government, and the focus doesn't always seem to be on governmental datasets being used for private purposes. A lot more governmental data collection is needed to handle things such as mandatory resident registrations in most EU countries, single-payer healthcare in some EU countries, relatively pre-filled tax declarations in some countries, etc.

Not Swedish, but the relevant one in the parent comment is probably mandatory residency registrations, and I'm surprised the data is so publicly accessible there. There are usually attempts at creating firewalls in many countries so the data that one agency collects isn't directly linked to that of other agencies, preventing broad files on individuals.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

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https://mapy.cz/ Google maps alternative with great tourist maps (also has a layer for cross-country skiing) and an app with offline maps

They have an international version, called Windy Maps. It's the same app, just with international branding & marketing: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.seznam.wind...

I definitely recommend it for worldwide use. It can do _everything_ offline, which is something rarely seen in this age. I have found it very practical for hiking Japanese countryside.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

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Geizhals gh.de is an amazing product database that lets you filter and sort by tens of thousands of criteria and find the best price.

kachelmannwetter.com is a weather site with more in-depth information and analysis.

vendeeglobe.org is a very exciting solo non-stop around the world sailing regatta that is extremely popular in France. They had very good English coverage on YouTube this time (20/21 race)

http://omegataupodcast.net/ is a podcast with deep dives into many engineering topics. Some episodes are in German, many are in (accented) English.

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/podcast4684.html German language podcast about the Corona virus with one of the world's leading experts on the Coronavirus, Christian Drosten (who developed the PCR test).

Re: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

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Taobao! It's like eBay, but for wholesalers who are ~selling "ghost shift" parts~ offloading excess inventory to small-time consumers. There are brokers for international customers; they communicate with the sellers and consolidate orders into a single parcel for ~10-15% commission. But it's harder to browse these days; less is available without an account which you need to provide a mobile number for, and you have t…

Can you provide more detail / links please on how to avoid getting only international listings?

Re: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

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As a learner of Italian I was always wondering if there is any tech site like HN, SO, etc. in Italian. Besides the really good 2024 podcast from Radio 24 - https://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com/programmi/2024 - I did not find anything I would return to regularly. Any hints?

Tech news: - https://www.hwupgrade.it - https://www.tomshw.it

PC Building: - https://pangoly.com

Gamers Forum (one of the oldest): - https://netgamers.it/index.php

Daily News: - https://www.repubblica.it/

Marketplace: - https://www.subito.it/

Re: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

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I would love suggestions of French language sites! I have found them quiet hard to find, especially of a more than surface level discussion.

https://fr.audiofanzine.com/

is a 20 years old French audio/music gear website featuring an exhaustive product database, reviews, newsletters, forum, social network, and marketplace.

Most musicians / producers in the country will be aware of it, including probably some famous ones.

I don't know of an equivalent in the Anglosphere (gearslutz.com would be the closest thing in terms of forum/community, but lacks most of the other features).

Audiofanzine does have some English content, but I don't think that ever really caught on.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Douyin (抖音): Chinese version of Tiktok Tiktok is literally chinese??

Tiktok, the app, is made by the same Chinese firm that makes Douyin, but it is maintained separately and not available in China. The content is entirely separate. It is not uncommon that Chinese firms have separate, parallel versions of their applications within / outside China. So it is accurate to say that Douyin is a Chinese (meaning, available in China; not meaning made by a Chinese company) version of Tiktok.

Thanks for clarifying

Re: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?

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I found DW's YouTube channels to be good resources to learn about cultures, societies, current affairs and geopolitics from around the world. Auto-generated subtitles for their non-English channels are good enough to understand what is being conveyed. [1] : https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelle [2] : their other channels are listed at the bottom of [1].

On YouTube exists tone of lectures about electrotechnics and electronics for software developers

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/user/Zefar91

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/c/abglazov

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