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I think you are right, but it likely reflects the node we sit on in the internet. If this were not hacker news, but some german equivalent in the german langua

I think you are right, but it likely reflects the node we sit on in the internet. If this were not hacker news, but some german equivalent in the german language, I am sure you would find a german focused effort. I think it makes sense that most of the efforts would be local (someone has to distribute and man the ventilator). The global effort should be focused on design, and best practices.

yiyus 7y ago
Yes! I think it is normal than everyone cares about their own country, and of course in HN people are more worried about the US and the SF area in particular. But I'm also sure there will be other initiatives that could benefit more people and as someone from Europe (we're minority here, but still quite a few!), that's what I'd like to help with.
- omarhaneef 7y ago
  I think many people -- Americans or otherwise -- are global in their mindset. Its just hard to translate your language and your network and friends and learnings into something that might be relevant everywhere.
bdg 7y ago
I moved to Germany and learnt German and looked around for the German developer internet: it just doesn't exist. You can list German projects in English, most of the Germans understand it really well, including most developers in Europe.
hdkrgr 7y ago
FWIW, the German federal government (of all people), is organizing a distributed hackathon this upcoming weekend: https://wirvsvirushackathon.org/ https://wirvsvirushackathon.org/ Seems like it's supposed to be (mostly) in German language as well. If they do and market this right this might actually be an opportunity to get non-tech people to contribute important PROBLEMS that can be solved by tech right now, so we don't just get another few dozen news aggregators and case tracker dashboards.
- orbifold 7y ago
  Just to clarify because it is not obvious from the homepage: This is not actually organized by the government, but by a private non-profit startup funded by the federal government. That makes some difference and now I've given my email address to a random Berlin startup.
  - hdkrgr 7y ago
    Good to know, I missed that. Luckily I've given them AN email :)

yiyus 7y ago

Yes! I think it is normal than everyone cares about their own country, and of course in HN people are more worried about the US and the SF area in particular. But I'm also sure there will be other initiatives that could benefit more people and as someone from Europe (we're minority here, but still quite a few!), that's what I'd like to help with.

omarhaneef 7y ago
I think many people -- Americans or otherwise -- are global in their mindset. Its just hard to translate your language and your network and friends and learnings into something that might be relevant everywhere.

bdg 7y ago

I moved to Germany and learnt German and looked around for the German developer internet: it just doesn't exist. You can list German projects in English, most of the Germans understand it really well, including most developers in Europe.

hdkrgr 7y ago

FWIW, the German federal government (of all people), is organizing a distributed hackathon this upcoming weekend: https://wirvsvirushackathon.org/ https://wirvsvirushackathon.org/ Seems like it's supposed to be (mostly) in German language as well. If they do and market this right this might actually be an opportunity to get non-tech people to contribute important PROBLEMS that can be solved by tech right now, so we don't just get another few dozen news aggregators and case tracker dashboards.

orbifold 7y ago
Just to clarify because it is not obvious from the homepage: This is not actually organized by the government, but by a private non-profit startup funded by the federal government. That makes some difference and now I've given my email address to a random Berlin startup.
- hdkrgr 7y ago
  Good to know, I missed that. Luckily I've given them AN email :)