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Alex Lebrun
Personal blog · al3x.svbtle.comstartupswritinghistory
Alex Lebrun's personal blog at al3x.svbtle.com covers startups, writing and history. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Only one comment, a report that the link at the bottom of the post is broken, with a working URL. The thread is titled 'On Chinese Writing: Evolution', an essay about the history of Chinese characters.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Alex Lebrun | Cofounder and CEO at Wit.ai (Facebook)
What Hacker News says?
Author here, I just discovered this was posted on HN. Please note that it's episode 2 of a "series", the first episode is https://al3x.svbtle.com/on-chinese-writing-1 Thanks for your interesting comments!
Comment linking /on-chinese-writing-1
on “On Chinese Writing: Evolution”Submitted On Chinese Writing: Evolution as a story · 138 points
HN discussionLink at the bottom is broken. Working link: https://al3x.svbtle.com/on-chinese-writing-when-mao-reinvent...
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on “On Chinese Writing: Evolution”Submitted Alexander Grothendieck, a genius of mathematics (2015) as a story · 108 points
HN discussionBy the way, I you do have an accent and are about to interview at YC in a few days... this is my personal experience http://al3x.svbtle.com/yc-interview-when-english-is-not-your...
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on “Prejudice against accents is due to our lazy brains”Submitted Alexander Grothendieck, the secret genius of mathematics as a story · 95 points
HN discussion[Shameless plug] My own take on the birth, evolution and Mao's simplification of Chinese writing: https://al3x.svbtle.com/on-chinese-writing-1
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on “The Way of Chinese Language”Submitted YC Interviews for Foreign Founders as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted YC Interview for Foreigners as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted YC Interview for non native English speakers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to interview at YC when English is not your first language as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 5 Tips for Interviewing at YC with an Accent as a story · 1 points
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