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Agenty Duck
Personal blog · agentyduck.blogspot.comwritingphilosophy
Agenty Duck is a personal blog at agentyduck.blogspot.com about writing and philosophy. Since 2019, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “How to Smell (2018)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-01-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Comments mostly link the blog or joke about it. One commenter points to a post on seasonal affective disorder as potentially helpful to others, and another jokes about ducks who are spies.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- How to Smell (2018)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-09-27
What Hacker News says?
Thought this was an article about ducks who are spies[0]... too bad. [0] eg http://agentyduck.blogspot.com/
Comment linking /
on “Spy agency ducks questions about 'back doors' in tech products”Submitted How to Smell (2018) as a story · 77 points
HN discussionAh, I have indeed read this - thank you for reminding me. I tried unsuccessfully to do this two years ago. Worth a try in my new accommodation which might be more accommodating. There is a separate post from his wife here btw - http://agentyduck.blogspot.com/2014/09/my-experiences-with-s... Potentially helpful to others reading this.
Comment linking /2014/09/my-experiences-with-sad-interventions.html
on “Ask HN: How to deal with seasonal affective disorder?”Submitted Lob's Theorem Cured My Social Anxiety as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Smell (2018) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Smell (2018) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Smell as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
