Ask HN: What are all the “hacker news” sites for other disciplines?

For example I know that for designers there’s designer news. Is there a place where all the mathematicians hang out and share links?

Or is reddit pretty much the de-facto place for online niche communities?

44 points | by mygo 2168 days ago

7 comments

  • am_lu 2168 days ago
    IET for electrical engineering, mostly British https://www.theiet.org/Forums/forum/index.cfm?

    Speakerplans for soundsystem, PA and pro audio gear https://forum.speakerplans.com/forums.html

    Blue room for lighting, DMX, effects, pyrotechnics and theatre/event backstage kit http://www.blue-room.org.uk/index.php?act=idx

    • mygo 2168 days ago
      just checked all of these out. thanks for sharing
  • catach 2168 days ago
    There's datatau.com for data science.

    I think the tendency is that independent attempts die off.

    • mygo 2167 days ago
      well, now. this is interesting. I love data science and data viz. thanks!
  • rorso 2165 days ago
    Does anyone know one for hacking on cars? Everything from stereos to Rpi touschscreens to Speeduinos etc? Just after a place for all sorts of modding car electronics. I've been going it alone for a while now but would be keen to bounce things off like-minded people. I'm on a few big car forums but they're generally based around performance and mechanical modding, with electronics being a tiny subforum or afterthought.
  • sharmi 2168 days ago
    • mygo 2168 days ago
      thanks for sharing.

      I wish designernews was more active, really like the site though.

      for webdesignernews, I don’t really think it qualifies since a central entity decides what is news and what is not. It’s more like a news blog. It also doesn’t seem as though users can comment on the links, but I could be wrong about that. I’d put it in the same category as a site like sidebar.io. What makes sites like HN interesting is that the users publish and the users decide what’s newsworthy... for better or worse.

  • open-source-ux 2167 days ago
    CGTalk is a forum for designers and animators to post their 3D and 2D work and discuss industry news and topics: http://forums.cgsociety.org/

    TypeDrawers is a discussion forum for typeface design, lettering, and typography: http://typedrawers.com/

  • cm2012 2167 days ago
    Just Reddit for the most part.
  • hatsunearu 2168 days ago
    Anyone know one for electrical engineering?