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Andy Ihnatko
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Andy Ihnatko writes Ihnatko Dot Com, a personal blog at ihnatko.com about hardware and culture. Since 2008, 24 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “Heavy Hangs The Bandwidth That Torrents The Crown”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Loitering at tech's intersections.
Most-linked posts?
- Heavy Hangs The Bandwidth That Torrents The Crown5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2012-02-21
- I’m Ahmed. Except I’m Not Brown2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-09-16
- I've never parented a 6-year-old child. But I've dealt with macOS system updates2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-03-05
- Making Desktop Webapps in Lion2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-07-22
What Hacker News says?
This is akin to saying that the internet is broken because some videos are prefaced by a commercial. Or HN is broken because some of the front-page are hiring ads for YC companies. I use a PVR for all of my "TV" needs (I have two large wall-mounted screens. They are great entertainment devices. I only mention that for consistency with those proudly informing that they only old some small CRT in the corner somewhere)…
Comment linking /2012/02/20/heavy-hangs-the-bandwidth-that-torrents-the-crown/
on “TV is broken”Submitted I’m Ahmed. Except I’m Not Brown as a story · 255 points
HN discussionAndy Ihnatko about Oatmeal about difficulty of watching Game of Thrones: http://ihnatko.com/2012/02/20/heavy-hangs-the-bandwidth-that...
Comment linking /2012/02/20/heavy-hangs-the-bandwidth-that-torrents-the-crown/
on “HBO Decides It Still Isn't Difficult Enough To Watch HBO Shows”Submitted ICloud and App Store Transition: Yojimbo as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSimilar functionality already exists in OS X, in case anyone is curious: http://ihnatko.com/2011/07/22/making-desktop-webapps-in-lion...
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on “GNOME 3.2 Released”Submitted Heavy Hangs The Bandwidth That Torrents The Crown as a story · 5 points
HN discussionAndy Ihnatko has a good take on the whole stupid event. http://ihnatko.com/2015/09/16/im-achmed-except-im-not-brown/ "... But they’re happy stories mostly because I was a white Catholic kid named Andy Ihnatko. Not a brown kid named Ahmed Mohamed, and not a black kid named anything."
Comment linking /2015/09/16/im-achmed-except-im-not-brown/
on “9th grader arrested after bringing a home-built clock to school”Submitted I've never parented a 6-year-old child. But I've dealt with macOS system updates as a story · 4 points
HN discussion"Aussies have to wait an additional week to view episodes of the show. Little surprise then that they turned to BitTorrent in droves..." I think this says a lot about how the internet has changed society. Waiting one week is not a big deal. There used to big release gaps between countries when movies were released in the cinema. Sure it sucked but life went on. I know that many people don't think piracy constitutes…
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on “Anti-Piracy Boss: TV Fans Are Unreasonable For Wanting Content Quicker”Submitted Making Desktop Webapps in Lion as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSome folks are willing to pay for exactly what they want, but they're not willing to pay an additional amount to get content they don't care about. You have the option of buying the DVDs or through iTunes. Using your analogy, they can buy the entire album or a single track. If a band played some new songs at a concert, you'd have to wait until they made it on an album...unless someone records them and releases them…
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on “HBO Says No, for Now, to Fans Who Want a Web-Only Option”Submitted I've never parented a 6-year-old. But I've dealt with macOS system updates as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI found this through Andy Ihnatko ( http://ihnatko.com/2013/02/23/three-pipe-problem-alteration-... ) who ties it in part to the (software) patent problem.
Comment linking /2013/02/23/three-pipe-problem-alteration-and-invention-raphael-vermeer-and-the-mashup/
on “Alteration and invention – Raphael, Vermeer and the mashup”Submitted Andy Ihnatko: Formerly of the Chicago Sun-Times as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ray Bradbury – Andy Ihnatko as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Steve Jobs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ihnatko on iPad and Multitasking as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What It Feels Like, Sometimes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Microsoft’s Cortana Designed to Not Put Up with Dudes’ BS as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Idle iPad Mini Thought as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple vs. Samsung: Influence, or Copying? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The iPad Keyboard Dock Works With the iPhone 3GS as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Analog IMDB as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Andy Ihnatko: Damn. I really like Posterous. Now what? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Andy Ihnatko Reviews Drobo & Droboshare as a story · 1 points
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