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Is there any European alternative for Hacker News? And if yes, what's its URL/web address? Preferable in French or Italian, or maybe even German, which I wante

Is there any European alternative for Hacker News? And if yes, what's its URL/web address? Preferable in French or Italian, or maybe even German, which I wanted to learn for a long time and this would be a good enough motivation, because, and with all due respect to the Irish, having a continent-wide conversation in a language natively spoken by only ~5 million of its own people is not very conductive to the forming of an European spirit.

jgilias 2y ago
Please no. It's good that tech conversations are global. I wish there were more Chinese and Russians on here, not less. And this comes from someone who's very critical of the current US admin, and lives in the Baltics. Also, please no regarding the language. Coming from a small country, it's great that we have a lingua-franca that we can use to communicate effectively. Doubling-down on going native when it comes to our respective languages won't help the single market, or European integration in general. EDIT: Won't help our militaries either if and when they'll need to coordinate.
cpach 2y ago
I have lots of tech conversations in my native tongue. But they don’t happen on webforums, they happen in (semi-private) chat rooms.
Toutouxc 2y ago
> having a continent-wide conversation in a language natively spoken by only ~5 million of its own people Did something happen to the UK?
- fads_go 2y ago
  Brexit
  - dpassens 2y ago
    I was unaware that Brexit included leaving the continent.
jeroenhd 2y ago
Splitting Europe by language again will only be a disadvantage. Depending on where you live in Europe, the lingua franca is either English or Russian, with maybe a bit of German and French in border regions. I don't see the value add of an international forum with local languages. There's a great Dutch tech forum already (tweakers.net) visited almost exclusively by Dutch and Flemish people. Great for locals, but entirely impossible to join in on as a foreigner. Also, you may be confusing Europe with the EU. The UK has almost 70 million people speaking English every day.

jgilias 2y ago

Please no. It's good that tech conversations are global. I wish there were more Chinese and Russians on here, not less. And this comes from someone who's very critical of the current US admin, and lives in the Baltics. Also, please no regarding the language. Coming from a small country, it's great that we have a lingua-franca that we can use to communicate effectively. Doubling-down on going native when it comes to our respective languages won't help the single market, or European integration in general. EDIT: Won't help our militaries either if and when they'll need to coordinate.

cpach 2y ago

I have lots of tech conversations in my native tongue. But they don’t happen on webforums, they happen in (semi-private) chat rooms.

Toutouxc 2y ago

> having a continent-wide conversation in a language natively spoken by only ~5 million of its own people Did something happen to the UK?

fads_go 2y ago
Brexit
- dpassens 2y ago
  I was unaware that Brexit included leaving the continent.

jeroenhd 2y ago

Splitting Europe by language again will only be a disadvantage. Depending on where you live in Europe, the lingua franca is either English or Russian, with maybe a bit of German and French in border regions. I don't see the value add of an international forum with local languages. There's a great Dutch tech forum already (tweakers.net) visited almost exclusively by Dutch and Flemish people. Great for locals, but entirely impossible to join in on as a foreigner. Also, you may be confusing Europe with the EU. The UK has almost 70 million people speaking English every day.