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Is there any online forum for tech where people talk about tech instead of pretending like their one-sided political team is THE answer to all of the worlds pro

by OOIE 4y ago

Is there any online forum for tech where people talk about tech instead of pretending like their one-sided political team is THE answer to all of the worlds problems despite both "teams" proving they are incompetent? If we spent half as much time thinking of what we could do as individuals instead of finger pointing, we wouldn't need government intervention at all.

rglover 4y ago
Not that I've seen but if you want to jam together on setting one up let's do it: ryan.glover@cheatcode.co. I'll even do the heavy lifting, would just be nice to have someone around and encourage engagement.
dpkirchner 4y ago
I use the "hide" button to tailor my HN experience.
katbyte 4y ago
Click the back button and move on with your life by only clicking early tech only titles?
- soheil 4y ago
  It's not a tech community then if half of users engage in hot item political topics on the regular, is it?
soheil 4y ago
A place called Hackernews, however, you need a time machine.
soperj 4y ago
lobste.rs
- soheil 4y ago
  Could you send me an invite? I promise I will only talk about tech.
  - soperj 4y ago
    Unfortunately I've just lurked for years.
kubb 4y ago
Pointing to individual responsibility is a great diversion strategy, well done!
it_citizen 4y ago
For that particular problem, only one team seems to acknowledge that it is a serious problem though. Pushing the responsibility on individuals is pretty much what happened for the past 30 years with the results we know.
aDfbrtVt 4y ago
I don't see much partisanship in this comment section, mostly people discussing the O&G amortization schedules. I agree that, in general, it would be better if HN had less political posts. That said, just upvote the type of posts you think are interesting and move on. To echo your last point: If we spent half as much time upvoting as individuals instead of finger pointing, we wouldn't need HN moderator intervention at all.
cagenut 4y ago
The Stanford Energy / Precourt Institute youtube channel has full 20 - 60 minute post-grad level presentations on a ton of stuff: https://www.youtube.com/user/PrecourtInstitute https://www.youtube.com/user/PrecourtInstitute FWIW absolutely nobody would share your "this should be on individuals not policy" conclusion. They're quite explicit in stating the opposite.
culi 4y ago
"Individuals" don't build railroad networks, schools, bridges, etc. Individuals are never gonna build a nuclear power plant or get a person on the moon either

by OOIE 4y ago

rglover 4y ago

Not that I've seen but if you want to jam together on setting one up let's do it: ryan.glover@cheatcode.co. I'll even do the heavy lifting, would just be nice to have someone around and encourage engagement.

dpkirchner 4y ago

I use the "hide" button to tailor my HN experience.

katbyte 4y ago

Click the back button and move on with your life by only clicking early tech only titles?

soheil 4y ago
It's not a tech community then if half of users engage in hot item political topics on the regular, is it?

soheil 4y ago

A place called Hackernews, however, you need a time machine.

soperj 4y ago

lobste.rs

soheil 4y ago
Could you send me an invite? I promise I will only talk about tech.
- soperj 4y ago
  Unfortunately I've just lurked for years.

kubb 4y ago

Pointing to individual responsibility is a great diversion strategy, well done!

it_citizen 4y ago

For that particular problem, only one team seems to acknowledge that it is a serious problem though. Pushing the responsibility on individuals is pretty much what happened for the past 30 years with the results we know.

aDfbrtVt 4y ago

I don't see much partisanship in this comment section, mostly people discussing the O&G amortization schedules. I agree that, in general, it would be better if HN had less political posts. That said, just upvote the type of posts you think are interesting and move on. To echo your last point: If we spent half as much time upvoting as individuals instead of finger pointing, we wouldn't need HN moderator intervention at all.

cagenut 4y ago

The Stanford Energy / Precourt Institute youtube channel has full 20 - 60 minute post-grad level presentations on a ton of stuff: https://www.youtube.com/user/PrecourtInstitute https://www.youtube.com/user/PrecourtInstitute FWIW absolutely nobody would share your "this should be on individuals not policy" conclusion. They're quite explicit in stating the opposite.

culi 4y ago

"Individuals" don't build railroad networks, schools, bridges, etc. Individuals are never gonna build a nuclear power plant or get a person on the moon either