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Strangely, yes. I still read it daily believe it or not. It's like a lighter version of hacker news or arstechnica. Ars and HN are usually too deep and suck awa
by mdeeks 11y ago
Strangely, yes. I still read it daily believe it or not. It's like a lighter version of hacker news or arstechnica. Ars and HN are usually too deep and suck away my time and brain power (in a good way!). But sometimes I just want to spend a couple minutes reading tech news without having to think too hard. That's slashdot.
But stay away from the comment section. It's horrible to navigate and lacks any interesting content at all. Seriously, don't even think about clicking into it.
- moonbug 11y agoStick "127.0.1.1 slashdot.org" in your /etc/hosts. I promise you'll have forgotten about its very existence within a week.
- mdeeks 11y agoMy point is I don't want to forget. It still serves a purpose. I'd get over it if it vanished but I'd rather it not. I'm sure there are other alternatives out there though. Speaking of... any recommendations? I just want an on topic, light reading, tech news site. No machine learning, Markov chains, or "How we at company X solved Y" articles. Also not interested in "random gadget Y that has X more pixels than the last" articles. Know anything that fits the bill?
- papaf 11y agoSoylent News is OK and meant as a Slashdot replacement. Its suffering from a lack of community though.
- amelius 11y agoThe way I see it, slashdot is like hacker news, but with humor :)