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Anant Kapoor

Personal blog · hacktheplanet.substack.comscienceeconomics

Anant Kapoor writes Hack the planet, a personal blog at hacktheplanet.substack.com about science and economics. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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2020–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2020

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked as a guide to using deep learning and IoT to address climate change. The only comment is a bare link with a one-line description of the post.

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.

The intersection of technological optimism and climate pessimism. Launched 6 years ago.

What Hacker News says?

  1. A guide on how deep learning and IoT could save civilization: https://hacktheplanet.substack.com/p/pulling-the-climate-swi...

    Comment linking /p/pulling-the-climate-switch

    on “Ask HN: How can I fight climate change by writing code?”
  2. Submitted Prophets, wizards and games that never end as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted What Covid has taught me about fighting the climate crisis as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Covid-19 reduced CO2 emissions by 7%, but this is not nearly enough as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted What Moby-Dick taught me about carbon trading as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted A bundle in the dark: powering homes without light switches as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted It's time to rebundle the grid: Lessons from Spotify on saving the planet as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Can tech help disrupt the carbon economy? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted The rebundled grid: lessons from Spotify on saving the planet as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Do you think it's time we rebundled the grid? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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