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

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Post by benhurmarcel »

gspr wrote: post #92
jette_au_loin wrote: post #23

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France has a few enormous message boards about various topics. forum.hardware.fr is a big one (it's not just about computer hardware, there's a decent section about news/world events, etc.)

> forum.hardware.fr is a big one (it's not just about computer hardware, there's a decent section about news/world events, etc.) What I assume is the equivalent, forum.hardware.no, used to be huge in Norway in the 00s too, but then the community more or less got swallowed by Reddit. Did the French one survive?

I think it's more or less saved by the bad English level of most users. They won't switch to an international alternative.

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

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Post by notdang »

riledhel wrote: post #44
m-chrzan wrote: post #21

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What makes it cooler?

MercadoPago is the payment gatewat and it's amazing. They take care of delivery/logistics like Amazon and it's fast and works in remote places too.

To be fair, they launched the nice things after Amazon opened in Mexico and got the whole market. Before that they could not be bothered.

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

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Post by sneak »

kreeben wrote: post #190
benhurmarcel wrote: post #181

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I agree with your point on principle, but to balance a bit: I'm trilingual but don't (yet) speak German. Yes there's no fair reason why English should be the standard language, but there's value in a standard language and that's the closest we have. Edit: I'm not American and English isn't my native language

I empathize with you. But I reject that it should fall upon Germany to learn English for your convenience or that the task of translating their texts should fall upon them. I guess I reacted (perhaps poorly) to GP's statement that Germany "really should start documenting their tech in English" which to me sounded rather preposterous.

Germany already learned English. There is approximately no-one in Germany under 30-40 who doesn't speak a little English.

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Post by fomine3 »

input_sh wrote: post #152
fomine3 wrote: post #88

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dev.to looks like equivalent to Qiita. Now zenn.dev is getting popular in Japan instead of Qiita.

Any cool monetization strategies on Qiita or Zenn? I know dev.to is betting on Coil, so I'm curious if Japanese developers have a method they're betting on.

Qiita has been acquired by game company Ateam 3 years ago. Possibly it works for the company's advertisement. They also selling collaboration SaaS called Qiita Team. I don't see any their cool monetization.

Zenn has been trying to sell paid article for profit. That's not so cool for tech perspective but it's looks good for me if they succeeded. Zenn was operated by single person but it has been acquired by IT(AWS) service company Classmethod very recently. Maybe they also work for the company's advertisement.

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Post by enchiridion »

thecleaner wrote: post #165
fy20 wrote: post #125

There's a home automation protocol that's been around for over 20 years called KNX. It's backed by big names (ABB, Hager, Gira, Osram, Mean Well) however outside of Germany it's pretty much unknown. Compared to ZigBee or Z-Wave it's wired and the config is stored in the devices themselves, so there's no single point of failure. It has strict certification requirements so you can be guaranteed that products from diffe…

Germany really needs to start documenting their work in English. This is good stuff.

A lot of negative replies to this which don't make sense.

We're talking about software which is used to make money. Translating it to English would help with that, because English is the default for software development (yes this is changing, but it's true at the moment).

It's not like we're talking about a work of art, it's a tool the creators sell.

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Post by currymj »

drstewart wrote: post #203
remify wrote: post #192

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As a French my definition of a documentary is what Arte produce. I recently discovered what a documentary is for an American and it's night and day. American documentaries are entertainment package with actions and conspiracies. There's really not a lot of discovery and knowledge.

Can you explain how and why you think a documentary such as Ken Burns' Civil War series, a seminal example of American documentaries, is filled with action and conspiracies?

if you go to the "documentary" section on Netflix or another streaming service, there are dozens and dozens of really low-quality documentaries. Some are on conspiracy topics (UFOs, ancient aliens) or stupid and sensationalist. They all seem to treat the audience like they are not very smart.

I think most were produced on small budgets to run during the daytime on cable channels like History or Discovery, and then sold to Netflix as well.

These could definitely give someone a bad impression of what counts for documentary film in America, and in terms of raw numbers there are way more of them than anything else.

However, the documentaries produced for American public television (like those of Ken Burns) tend to be very good. And there are also high-quality American documentaries that go on the festival circuit.

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

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Post by thecleaner »

enchiridion wrote: post #216
thecleaner wrote: post #165

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Germany really needs to start documenting their work in English. This is good stuff.

A lot of negative replies to this which don't make sense. We're talking about software which is used to make money. Translating it to English would help with that, because English is the default for software development (yes this is changing, but it's true at the moment). It's not like we're talking about a work of art, it's a tool the creators sell.

I mean I said this out of appreciation. I suppose its just much easier to not get involved with the German software ecosystem at all since the impression is that they dont need attention from people who don't speak German. I don't see any reason why more people would have a professional reason to do so.

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

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Post by thecleaner »

pestatije wrote: post #204
thecleaner wrote: post #165

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Germany really needs to start documenting their work in English. This is good stuff.

So, the OP asks about non-english sites, and the _first_ reply is a "you should do that in English". WTF?

It says software out of Anglosphere not software not in English.

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Post by qntty »

jxf wrote: post #182
thecleaner wrote: post #165

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Germany really needs to start documenting their work in English. This is good stuff.

Or more people need to learn German? The community is already there, obviously — if others want to join, that's how they do it.

Have you ever tried to communicate in beginner/intermediate-level German with a German speaker? They'd most likely insist on switching to English.
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