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Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
#2I think lobste.rs might fill that niche. It's certainly less trendy and quieter.
And you need an invite to post iirc.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
#3For JavaScript related tech there is echojs.com
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
#4Slashdot.org is a bit quieter, but better moderated and in general a higher level of knowledge.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
#5Lots of HN articles are not about the web, we have lots of science and technical items. I'm not sure what you mean by "professional", I think many if not most people on here do software development for a living. It sounds like most of what you're looking for may already be here. Upvote articles that interest you and comment on them, that should help shift the focus in the direction you want.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
#6I think lobste.rs might fill that niche. It's certainly less trendy and quieter. And you need an invite to post iirc.
...could I have an invite please? =)
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
#7I think lobste.rs might fill that niche. It's certainly less trendy and quieter. And you need an invite to post iirc.
Lobster is really cool, could I get an invite?
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
#8I think lobste.rs might fill that niche. It's certainly less trendy and quieter. And you need an invite to post iirc.
I have followed lobste.rs for a while but am not a member - do you have an invite to spare?
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
#9Lots of HN articles are not about the web, we have lots of science and technical items. I'm not sure what you mean by "professional", I think many if not most people on here do software development for a living. It sounds like most of what you're looking for may already be here. Upvote articles that interest you and comment on them, that should help shift the focus in the direction you want.
I guess what I meant by "professional" was more people with a formal education in computer science and some years of practical experience. It is just my impression that this is not so much the case here at HN.
This being said, I do not mean to be disrespectful towards someone who "only" has practical training (they may be older so that when they studied there was no formal computer-specific education).
edit: nice typo "sad" -> "said" ;)
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN less web-focused and more technical/professional?
#10Slashdot.org is a bit quieter, but better moderated and in general a higher level of knowledge.
Slashdot is differently moderated, but the overall comment quality (and s/n level within threads in general) is considerably lower than here. The editorial policy is also very different (in that it exists): Submissions are curated rather than solely bubbled by user moderation, so the submission s/n ratio is perhaps better (if you get article by feed rather than just surf the respective front pages), but we don't just come here for submitted links, do we?
Here, you can find expert level commentary on pretty much any field from philosophy to economics to law enforcement (aside from the technology experts that are a given), whereas in /. you generally have to dig deeper in a comment stream to find anything approaching the same value.