Which hardware sites do you follow? Any good discussion forums? One site I enjoy is the Beyond3d forums .. any others like it? Some place where you can have meaningful discussion on things like CPU architectures and GPUs? HN has never been a good forum for this (HN is mostly only good for business, web and science news). hardware.reddit doesnt seem active either.
I find <a href="http://hardforum.com/" rel="nofollow">http://hardforum.com/</a> to be excellent if you want to discuss hardware. It's the forum site from hardocp.com
I've started <a href="http://siliconverge.com" rel="nofollow">http://siliconverge.com</a> for semiconductor and hardware folks. it has small community though. I'm trying to spread the word.<p>Wanna help me and join the forces in spreading the word to more people and have a nice focused site for hardware folks?<p>Email me: aditya AT siliconverge.com if you are interested.
There's not that many people out there whose interest in hardware extends beyond:<p><pre><code> * Regurgitated Vendor PR, idiotic brand flamewars
* Filling up shopping carts at Newegg
* Fad-driven tutorial bullshit about 'mods' and 'hacks'
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The sterotypical participant in such forums is an adolescent fanboy whose coworkers at Best Buy think he's a genius.
I'm biased, but the Ars Technica forums are pretty sweet (<a href="http://episteme.arstechnica.com" rel="nofollow">http://episteme.arstechnica.com</a>). The discussion threads about the hardcore hardware articles are pretty good there, too.