Funny, I'd say there's less, no, a LOT less, startup / business oriented discussion here than in the past. To me, the big thing that has emerged over the past few years has been a lot more "stuff" that can loosely be described as "politics / culture / public policy / society" or whatever. And if I could wave a magic wand and change anything, I'd ban that stuff. Because I agree,
"I'd like to see conversations about software, hardware, computer science, and hacker culture resurge and dominate here"
That said, there is still a lot of that stuff. But the proportion of various topics have definitely shifted over the years.
"I'd like to see conversations about software, hardware, computer science, and hacker culture resurge and dominate here"
That said, there is still a lot of that stuff. But the proportion of various topics have definitely shifted over the years.