Ask HN: Do you still subscribe to any (printed) computing magazines?

2 pointsby vanilla-almond7 anni fa3 comments

What are the computing magazines you subscribe to?

Or if you used to subscribe to a computer magazine but no longer do, what was the reason for unsubscribing?

I haven't subscribed to a computing magazine for many, many years. The last magazine I subscribed to was called PC Pro, a UK magazine that's completely fallen off my radar - but is surprisingly still in print (it launched in 1994). It used to be interesting and then at some point the Web made the magazine feel a bit irrelevant (as it did for many magazines).

Despite that, there are still lots of computer magazines in print in the UK, but they tend to focus on a particular niche or app e.g. digital drawing/illustration magazines, Photoshop magazines, Linux, Windows, Mac magazines, beginners magazines etc.

I'd buy individual copies of a magazine but I don't think I would ever subscribe to these.

What is the computing magazine scene like in your country?

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privong7 anni fa

2600: The Hacker Quarterly[0]. I probably end up reading only about half the article and the quality varies widely. But the magazine covers a wide range of topics and I always learn something or hear about something I wasn't previously familiar with.

[0] https://www.2600.com/

dstik7 anni fa

So happy to see other 2600 subscribers in here. This is the only print magazine I subscribe to. I also don't read the entire thing but it's always a combination of interesting perspectives, articles by true enthusiasts hacking around for fun/exploration, and nostalgia.

Fun fact: they published an article I wrote on hacking AIM profiles + away messages back when I was in high school.

zzo38computer7 anni fa

I also subscribe to 2600. And, yes, the quality varies, but I tend to read all of it (but not all at once), and also always read something I have not seen before.

(But, unfortunately, ligatures and smart quotes are not disabled for fix pitch text in their typesetting system. I wrote a letter to them about it, which they published and replied to, but it still isn't corrected. But other than that, it is good.)