I’m just not interested in hearing what bullshit FAANG is up to, I want to talk about linux kernel patches and raspberry pi revisions and maybe hear what people other than grifters are doing with neural networks.
I’ve wanted something like that as well. I’m currently playing around with BlueSky feeds to get streams of science and technology content. Lemmy’s technology communities are often tech drama and or Linux stuff, and miss out on other things that are happening in the industry.
Ah please could you post some recommendations on who to follow on Bluesky?
You’ll probably enjoy Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/
I concur. It’s like HN but with less AI/VC BS.
Little too programming focused though, not much tech news
Is it still invite only? I’ve been curious. I have Tildes.
Edit: I should probably just lurk. I don’t comment on tildes anyway. Don’t feel my comment style is up to the standard lol.
Do you know if they have any plan to stop requiring invites? I’ve been interested for many years, but the invite system rubs me the wrong way.
I don’t think so. It’s probably what keeps it small and more personal. There is also the notion of responsibility: if a person I invite causes trouble, it’s potentially on me. Maybe not on the first infraction, but if one invites 20 spammers/cryptobros/venturecapitalists, it’s reasonable to block the inviter too.
I’m not arguing one way or another (that’s not my decision anyway), but I can understand why they do this.
You just need a mod team willing to enforce those rules.
Good post. I have 3 new subs now thanks to the comments :D
Check out hackaday maybe? It’s primarily hobbyist stuff, but they’ve been peppering in some original pieces about tech innovations and trends.
At the very least, nobody is trying to sell you anything.
This is specific to open source, but perhaps a good starting point: https://opensourcely.org/
Good thread I found so many good communities.
I like phoronix.com but don’t bother reading the article comments.
Or sometimes do read the comments as a reminder on why you shouldn’t.
That’s what I do with local news articles, I try to read the comments every few months just to remind myself who my neighbors are…
Same question. I kinda hoped it would be here, but many lemmy communities are just reddit with a better UI. Lots of good links in this thread tho!
Probably Hackaday. https://lemmy.world/c/hackaday@rss.ponder.cat
Phys.org or maybe nature? They’re mostly just seem to be reposts of journals or Nature articles, but they don’t usually have drama and can often be rather interesting. They aren’t necessarily about technology, just scientific advances which is a nice change from all of the enshitification news that almost any tech hub is blaring.
LWN is good for Linux kernel related content.
Might scope out the forums and comments sections at Ars Technica. There’s a wealth of information from a ton of the regulars.
Hacker News is probably your best bet as long as you don’t go too deep in the comments
