https://lobste.rs/ - I am not a member, but it looks very similar
If anyone would like an invite, send me an email or reply here.
I'd love one as well! My email is in my profile should you want to send me one. Thanks!
Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm finding I have to check HN around 10-15 times a day, lest I miss some of the more interesting submissions. I really enjoying a lot of the ShowHN, Startup news, and discussions around programming languages/libraries. I primarily come to HN to learn. This seems to be the place that many clever people congregate to share opinions and ideas. I really just like to listen to what they have to say to each other. However…
Have you considered setting up a 'recipe' on IFTTT to monitor for posts with your desired Keywords?
I'd not heard of IFTTT. Thanks for the tip.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#83Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#84Slashdot, if you don't mind a heavy dose of Internet Meme along with your Interesting Discussion. There are also sites which focus more on specific topics... if you're into server-side Java stuff, there's http://theserverside.com , if you're into programming language research, there's http://lambda-the-ultimate.org , etc., etc. And a lot of the more niche subreddits are actually pretty good. Stay away from /r/funny,…
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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's an alternative, but not a particularly good one, IMO. The Comic Book Guy is strong over there - meaning that a significant number of conversations carry that sort of condescending, unfriendly tone as the Simpson's Comic Book Guy; intending to show that the author is clearly a superior human being due to their knowledge of ARM opcodes and their interaction with GCC or whatever else the subject is. The biggest r…
I'm finding I have to check HN around 10-15 times a day, lest I miss some of the more interesting submissions. I really enjoying a lot of the ShowHN, Startup news, and discussions around programming languages/libraries. I primarily come to HN to learn. This seems to be the place that many clever people congregate to share opinions and ideas. I really just like to listen to what they have to say to each other. However…
Have you tried http://hckrnews.com/ ?
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#86Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm finding I have to check HN around 10-15 times a day, lest I miss some of the more interesting submissions. I really enjoying a lot of the ShowHN, Startup news, and discussions around programming languages/libraries. I primarily come to HN to learn. This seems to be the place that many clever people congregate to share opinions and ideas. I really just like to listen to what they have to say to each other. However…
Have you tried http://hckrnews.com/ ?
Rad, this is really neat thanks for that.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#88http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/ And many other subreddits besides.
Most of the subreddits dedicated to a specific language or technology are nice, although it usually takes at least 1,000 subscribers to reach a critical mass, with the sweet spot between 10,000 and 100,000 subscribers. If you are doing front-end web development, for example, /r/webdev, /r/javascript, and /r/html5 are pretty good places to keep on top of interesting projects and exchange ideas.
/r/javascript is full of basic questions, small simple libraries and otherwise not really interesting content. I feel that signal/noise rate was much lower on /r/javascript than on any other subreddit I'm subscribed to. I have unsubscribed half a year ago, and I would never recommend it as an interesting read.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#89Well if you speak Spanish, there's http://www.noticiashacker.com/ but it looks kind of dead.
I tried that one a while ago, but I got disappointed by the lack of activity in the front page
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#90http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/ And many other subreddits besides.
That's an alternative, but not a particularly good one, IMO. The Comic Book Guy is strong over there - meaning that a significant number of conversations carry that sort of condescending, unfriendly tone as the Simpson's Comic Book Guy; intending to show that the author is clearly a superior human being due to their knowledge of ARM opcodes and their interaction with GCC or whatever else the subject is. The biggest r…
> "The Comic Book Guy is strong over there - meaning that a significant number of conversations carry that sort of condescending, unfriendly tone as the Simpson's Comic Book Guy; intending to show that the author is clearly a superior human being"
Wait, are we talking about /r/programming or HN? ;)
Seriously though, I see a lot of that here, it's frustrating. Lots of rude, condescending ad hominem shit. Lots of Alpha Geek posturing and (to borrow pg's term) middlebrow dismissals to seem smarter.