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Ask HN: Where can a hacker find news?

28 points by chrisdotcode ↗ HN
Besides Hacker News, what other resources exist for someone who wants to stay up-to-date with the latest tech, and what's going on in the tech world?

Say you were cryogenically frozen for 5 years, and just woke up this morning. What sites should you visit to learn about the latest version of AngularQuery 3.5?

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chrisdotcode
This is a list I've compiled thus far:

    * reddit.com/r/programming
    * lobste.rs
    * techcrunch.com
npguy
http://talll.com is an organized list of feeds. Will not solve your issue on angularquery though.
markmarrk
Mailing lists are hugely helpful to passively monitor different tech domains in addition to your regular sources.

You wouldn't find one specifically about AngularQuery but if I was following for news in that domain I'd add http://javascriptweekly.com/ to my list as an example.

smoyer
If I was cryogenically frozen for 5 years, I hope I'd wake up and just get used to living for a while. Once I'm ready to get back into the game (assuming I don't choose another career altogether), I think it would be important to read up on general trends first - Perhaps technology trends from Wired and Business Insider?
ryandvm
If I woke up in 5 years to find out we're still talking about JavaScript I'd go back to sleep...
smoyer
It would probably be ISO-ANSI-CMMI-ECMA-Script-20.0 by then ;)

I don't mind Javascript because I only use it in small chunks and even then, follow the practices out-lined in "Javascript the Good Parts". If I've got a project with a moderate amount of Javascript I'll compile it from Coffeescript and if I'm making a significant single-page application I move on to Errai/GWT.

acheron
If I were frozen in 2005 and woke up today, and someone told me "You know what's big on the web now? Javascript and animated GIFs!" I'd start walking back to the freezer. And if they added "Oh, and in politics, Bush and Clinton are running for president," I'd start running.
smoyer
Please don't wake me up during ANY presidential election year - and as the election cycle seems to get longer and longer, it would be harder and harder to wake up at all. Good thing I stopped watching politics at all a few years ago. The only irritant left is the signs along the road (but closing my eyes while I'm driving doesn't seem a viable solution).
tarkeshwarsingh
We have built an app for this purpose called Shortr. It' still in beta(only android) and not really ready. Here's the website: http://getshortrapp.com. If you like the idea, then please join our beta.
aethertron
qz.com is good for business news including tech (and has very nice design), but not so much for the nuts and bolts of programming stuff.
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shubhamjain
Well honestly, do you really need to? How useful it would to know name of every upcoming startup or every new technology. If it would be relevant enough, you would know it already.

I started reading Hacker News for staying up-to-date but lately, more than news what has become important for me is, insights. I read comments here first because the insights and advices they give are incredibly useful, much more than links themselves.

chisleu
http://highscalability.com/

These guys have some really great interviews and articles from time to time. They don't have "news" per se, but the "stuff the internet says on scalability" is pretty great and they interview technical leads for great tech businesses.

It is definitely more of a journal format though.

fao_ 

    Slashdot (https://slashdot.org)
    Lambda The Ultimate (https://lambda-the-ultimate.org/)
    HN classic (https://news.ycombinator.com/classic)
    Charged (http://weekly.char.gd/)
Of the four, Charged would probably be the most useful to you, as I've noticed that tends to lean towards tech a bit.