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Not really. The "Show HN" content is more in-line with the TMRC definition. The labor and social content is orthogonal to hacking, it's more about the experienc

Not really. The "Show HN" content is more in-line with the TMRC definition. The labor and social content is orthogonal to hacking, it's more about the experience of low and middle-level software engineers/managers in large tech companies. The "techbros" of old HN actually talked about what and how they were building, though the puff personality/PR pieces were pretty stupid also. If we could have more actual hacking or building content, I'd be over the moon, but that's not what's happening here. I'm actively looking for a more interesting/balanced forum than HN at this point. Not every discussion about tech has to be from the point of view of a mid-level Big Tech/F100 engineer.

dang 4y ago
> If we could have more actual hacking or building content, I'd be over the moon, but that's not what's happening here Can you give some specific examples of what you'd like to see more of? Edit: do these count? They're currently all in the top 10: Show HN: Run unsafe user generated JavaScript in the browser - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33673047 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33673047 - Nov 2022 (3 comments) TinyBIOS – A minimalist open-source BIOS project for fun - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670963 - Nov 2022 (13 comments) Redbean Tiddlywiki Saver - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670382 - Nov 2022 (14 comments) Show HN: A Browser-Based First Programming Language - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670353 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670353 - Nov 2022 (28 comments) HelenOS: a microkernel-based, multiserver OS from scratch - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670177 - Nov 2022 (47 comments)
- Karrot_Kream 4y ago
  Today (right now's) frontpage is fantastic, I'm super happy. I realize there's only so much y'all moderators can do given that this deluge of tech news is coming from the users of this site. Thanks for doing what y'all do, and yeah these are great posts!

dang 4y ago

> If we could have more actual hacking or building content, I'd be over the moon, but that's not what's happening here Can you give some specific examples of what you'd like to see more of? Edit: do these count? They're currently all in the top 10: Show HN: Run unsafe user generated JavaScript in the browser - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33673047 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33673047 - Nov 2022 (3 comments) TinyBIOS – A minimalist open-source BIOS project for fun - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670963 - Nov 2022 (13 comments) Redbean Tiddlywiki Saver - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670382 - Nov 2022 (14 comments) Show HN: A Browser-Based First Programming Language - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670353 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670353 - Nov 2022 (28 comments) HelenOS: a microkernel-based, multiserver OS from scratch - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33670177 - Nov 2022 (47 comments)

Karrot_Kream 4y ago
Today (right now's) frontpage is fantastic, I'm super happy. I realize there's only so much y'all moderators can do given that this deluge of tech news is coming from the users of this site. Thanks for doing what y'all do, and yeah these are great posts!