So, no discussion of free software?

I just want to talk about how to build cool shit I don't want to hear about licenses or crap about how me sharing my code with restrictions isn't really "open source", so no, nothing about "free software" . Stop trying to "gotcha" random people with stupid questions.

What do you mean, freeware?

I curate HN stories which didn't reach the front page [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27492255

https://hnblogs.substack.com/ Only non commercial blog posts of HN, so no politics or marketing

Thanks looks great

The old slashdot fork soylentnews.org is still bumbling along.

I was quite active there when it launched, but the community quickly just become a carbon copy of /.'s complete with all the same problems and bias.

I hate to be that guy, but literally nothing is apolitical. Hn minus explicitly political content is is just status quo maintenance news.

Where's the politics in discussing which anchor screw holds the most weight in drywall?

Saying everything is political removes any meaning from the word politics.

If you rent, you can't put an anchor screw in the drywall. Who rents vs. who owns is political!

How many drywall screws? How corrosion resistant must they be for any given environment? Why screws rather than adhesive or nails?

Why would anybody in this hypothetical thread discuss the politics of owning/renting, when that doesn't bring you closer to any solution?

Drywall? Who would make a house with drywall? In my country everyone lives in a stone palace. Americans are so cheap, interest rates, unions, Boomers, NIMBYs, short-termism, speculation, etc.

I could easily make an argument for price, availability, requirements for local zoning codes.

I like Wikipedia’s definition of politics: “Politics (from Greek: Πολιτικά, politiká, 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.”

Any subject arising from the interactions of people can be viewed through a political lens of some sort, but the saying you’re objecting to is typically used in the context of the coded attempt to censor or ignore unpleasant news as being “political”, which in truth usually just translates to “I resent being forced to acknowledge this.”

> literally nothing is apolitical

Literally nothing is perfect in the world, but that leaves all the room in the world for variation. No painting is perfect, neither mine nor Van Gogh's - why do people pay so much for Van Gogh's?

It’s funny, because the reason van gogh’s work is held in such high regard likely has a lot more to do with politics than the particular merits of his work.

That is funny! It needs some serious basis to make it more than that.

Maybe Lobste.rs.

yes, good stuff, thanks