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Ask HN: Are there any HN-style web sites with mechanical engineering content?
- Harkins 8y agoI'm not aware of one, but the Lobsters codebase with very similar functionality is available if you'd like to start one: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters You can get help in #lobsters on Freenode. If you know Rails, deploying to Heroku is an afternoon job; using the provided ansible scripts on a bare VPS is a day or two.
- tlb 8y agoThere are occasional mechanical engineering articles on HN, and I would welcome more.
- sideproject 8y agoAs a tangential point, I run a tool that lets you manage a HN style community - hellobox.co - would love for you to try it out if you like! https://www.hellobox.co https://www.hellobox.co
- WildGreenLeave 8y agoI like the idea, but maybe some screenshots or a simple demo environment would be nice. :)
- navs 8y agoJust signed up! I've been annoyed with how Meetup.com is treating forums and their new "discussion" feature and I want to move communication/knowledge sharing for my local CSS Meetup to an alternative platform. Am also looking at Discourse as well.
- sideproject 8y agoHi Navs. Thanks. Do let me know if you need any help! :)
- GoToRO 8y ago"e.g.Elon Musk appreciation society" looooool
- sideproject 8y agoWow. Finally, someone commented on it! :) Glad you caught it!
- GoToRO 8y agoJust a heads up: when I create a new community, I reach the step "Let's set up your new community". There I have some action buttons, and also I can upload a logo. When I upload the logo, a thumbnail is shown and the buttons are pushed down, and so the buttons are hidden. Also the scroll is disabled. FF 61.0.2, Win10 Otherwise, it looks really nice. Congrats!
- whatsstolat 8y agoFellow Sydney person! I can't see a pricing page.
- thedailymail 8y agoIn the FAQs it says it is currently a free service, but they plan to introduce a paid version in the future.
- whatsstolat 8y agoThanks I couldn't open the FAQs page for some reason it took me to the home page.
- RenegadeEagle 8y agoI'm not sure if this is a bug but when I go to sign up there is a typo on Google. https://renegadeeagle.co/pics/chrome_2018-08-13_02-48-31.png https://renegadeeagle.co/pics/chrome_2018-08-13_02-48-31.png
- dudefromschool 8y agoFor anyone interested, try checking out this newsletter: coolrecognizecool.news
- timpattinson 8y agoNothing really HN style but: https://www.reddit.com/r/Skookum/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Skookum/ https://www.reddit.com/r/machinists/ https://www.reddit.com/r/machinists/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/
- p410n3 8y agoHow is Reddit not HN style except for how it looks? (You also can make it look like 2004, i do that, its just a setting, not even an extension or some BS) I mean the Sub system maybe, thats it. I think theyre pretty similiar
- 0xJRS 8y ago+1 for r/Skookum
- TrinaryWorksToo 8y agoIt's Skookum as Frig
- spossy 8y agoYou spelt "google" wrong on your sign up form https://www.hellobox.co/a/hello/home#/register https://www.hellobox.co/a/hello/home#/register
- contingencies 8y agoNot HN style either, but lots of content: Library Genesis.
- TaylorAlexander 8y agoWell I do a hell of a lot of mechanical engineering (or maybe you’d call it mechanical design, idk) on my robotics community site, http://reboot.love http://reboot.love See this post I wrote yesterday on how to 3D print the gearboxes. http://reboot.love/t/guide-getting-started-building-rover/178 http://reboot.love/t/guide-getting-started-building-rover/17... Not sure if that is the kind of thing you’re looking for.
- DrNuke 8y agoThe http://www.eng-tips.com http://www.eng-tips.com engineering forums are okeish in that sense, with a good mix of academics and practitioners.