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Ask HN: Are there any HN-style web sites with mechanical engineering content?

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Harkins
I'm not aware of one, but the Lobsters codebase with very similar functionality is available if you'd like to start one: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters

You can get help in #lobsters on Freenode. If you know Rails, deploying to Heroku is an afternoon job; using the provided ansible scripts on a bare VPS is a day or two.

tlb
There are occasional mechanical engineering articles on HN, and I would welcome more.
sideproject
As a tangential point, I run a tool that lets you manage a HN style community - hellobox.co - would love for you to try it out if you like!

https://www.hellobox.co

navs
Just signed up! I've been annoyed with how Meetup.com is treating forums and their new "discussion" feature and I want to move communication/knowledge sharing for my local CSS Meetup to an alternative platform. Am also looking at Discourse as well.
sideproject
Hi Navs. Thanks. Do let me know if you need any help! :)
GoToRO
"e.g.Elon Musk appreciation society" looooool
sideproject
Wow. Finally, someone commented on it! :) Glad you caught it!
GoToRO
Just a heads up: when I create a new community, I reach the step "Let's set up your new community". There I have some action buttons, and also I can upload a logo. When I upload the logo, a thumbnail is shown and the buttons are pushed down, and so the buttons are hidden. Also the scroll is disabled. FF 61.0.2, Win10

Otherwise, it looks really nice. Congrats!

whatsstolat
Fellow Sydney person!

I can't see a pricing page.

thedailymail
In the FAQs it says it is currently a free service, but they plan to introduce a paid version in the future.
whatsstolat
Thanks I couldn't open the FAQs page for some reason it took me to the home page.
WildGreenLeave
I like the idea, but maybe some screenshots or a simple demo environment would be nice. :)
[dead] dudefromschool
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timpattinson
Nothing really HN style but:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Skookum/ https://www.reddit.com/r/machinists/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/

p410n3
How is Reddit not HN style except for how it looks? (You also can make it look like 2004, i do that, its just a setting, not even an extension or some BS)

I mean the Sub system maybe, thats it. I think theyre pretty similiar

jpindar
The top post in /r/machinists is a picture of a rubber glove with a face drawn on it.
contingencies
Not HN style either, but lots of content: Library Genesis.