I can't believe noone mentioned LtU:
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/
Also, try Prismatic maybe.
Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
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Re: Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
#12> has less negativity
what do you mean by that?
ironically I'll probably sound negative, but are you looking for a place which enforces PC to an ubearable point where the only accepted state is, you know, people standing in a circle smiling while performing a certain activity?
Re: Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
#13http://lobste.rs seems like exactly what you want. It's a good community, give it a try
reminds me of http://hackful.eu - good links, good idea, good intentions, but almost no engagement, and the only link with more than 3 comments is a meta-discussion.
Re: Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
#14I'd possibly like the same thing, but I don't have much in the way of hope that it will materialize. I see you're a Chem Eng grad student. I'd say for programming language design, read the computer science papers from top conferences that interest you, starting with PLDI:
https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2254064 (click on Table of Contents)
If you want to discuss them, send email to the authors, try and find some grad students or professors in your CS department, or find a way to attend some CS conferences.
I don't think you'll find deep research-quality conversation in a news aggregator, mostly because the people who are interested in having and also able to have research-quality conversations are for the most part busy doing research, and also because coming up with a reasonable opinion about something complicated that you're not an expert in takes a lot of work.
There are specific blogs, mailing lists, and (maybe defunct) newsgroups where you can discuss more focused topics, e.g. http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/
Re: Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
#15I have a somewhat radical, sadly not novel suggestion: build what you're looking for. I now have a semi-private "HN Reader" which has completely broken my HN habit while still feeding me stuff I might be interested in. Because I built it, I can make it do anything I want. I've started to turn it into a slightly broader search engine so that I can find the things that I'm looking for; I got sick of seeing search engin…
Sounds interesting, can you give us more details on how it works? I had a quick look at your homepage, but couldn't see any links for it, or a github profile.
Re: Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
#16http://lobste.rs seems like exactly what you want. It's a good community, give it a try
reminds me of http://hackful.eu - good links, good idea, good intentions, but almost no engagement, and the only link with more than 3 comments is a meta-discussion.
It is slower paced, for sure. I kind of find that pleasant though (like drinking a coffee and reading the paper). Seems to make me focus more on the linked content, and less on the discussions.
Re: Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
#17I have a somewhat radical, sadly not novel suggestion: build what you're looking for. I now have a semi-private "HN Reader" which has completely broken my HN habit while still feeding me stuff I might be interested in. Because I built it, I can make it do anything I want. I've started to turn it into a slightly broader search engine so that I can find the things that I'm looking for; I got sick of seeing search engin…
And if you build the next HN, please add an API
Re: Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
reminds me of http://hackful.eu - good links, good idea, good intentions, but almost no engagement, and the only link with more than 3 comments is a meta-discussion.
It is slower paced, for sure. I kind of find that pleasant though (like drinking a coffee and reading the paper). Seems to make me focus more on the linked content, and less on the discussions.
but then it's not a community, it's more of a link aggregator.
Re: Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
#19http://lobste.rs seems like exactly what you want. It's a good community, give it a try
on the topic, I dare ask for an invite to lobste.rs if someone has one lying around. I promise I won't be an ass.
(Cause a week ago I reached the threshold of wanting to leave a comment enough times)
Re: Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?
#20Have a look at this:
http://functionspace.org/
I think this one may come close to your expectations