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I'm curious why the site is called Hackernoon. Here's a few of my favorite posts that I've seen on Hacker News: Making My Own USB Keyboard from Scratch - https
by PascLeRasc 7y ago
I'm curious why the site is called Hackernoon. Here's a few of my favorite posts that I've seen on Hacker News:
Making My Own USB Keyboard from Scratch - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19181473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19181473
Hacking the Casio F-91W to Handle 1000 Psi - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20079488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20079488
Merging a Hasselblad 500C/M and a FujiFilm Instax 9 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18180760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18180760
Integrating a VT220 into my life - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11339909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11339909
Open-Source Controller for the IKEA Bekant Standing Desk - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19020257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19020257
To me, these articles really represent what "hacking" is - using technology exactly the way you want to, usually through modifications - and why this site deserves the title of Hacker News . They inspire us to see technology as a tool that serves us, like furniture or cooking utensils, not something you have to be generally "into" or some ecosystem to follow. Hackernoon's website predominately features articles on cryptocurrencies and blockchain, two things that really don't serve the general public [1] [2]. What's "Hacker" about an entire section dedicated to FAANG [3]? The Coding category of the site has sections on corporate philosophies like agile and scrum, but nothing on projects people have made - is that intentional? Who is the kind of person you imagine visiting the site?
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/17/bitcoin-big-oil-environment-energy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/17/bitcoi...
[2] https://medium.com/@kaistinchcombe/decentralized-and-trustless-crypto-paradise-is-actually-a-medieval-hellhole-c1ca122efdec https://medium.com/@kaistinchcombe/decentralized-and-trustle...
[3] https://hackernoon.com/tagged/faagm https://hackernoon.com/tagged/faagm
- skinnymuch 7y agoIs the FAAGM “section” (quotes because it’s just a tag) linked from home page somewhat prominently? On mobile I didn’t see it. And there’s only one tagged article for me in that link on mobile.
- PascLeRasc 7y agoYeah, it's in a drop-down from the main page.
- sexydefinesher 7y agoI could have sworn that hackernoon had actually interesting content a few years ago and wasn't just another hyping tool to drive up the price of crypto.
- k_sze 7y agoAnd I often mix up Hackernoon and Hackaday.