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Andy McKenzie

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Andy McKenzie writes The Mentaculus, a personal blog at andymckenzie.blogspot.com about science and data. Since 2009, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2013, but the archive is still widely read.

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2009–2011first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2009

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Why HN links it

Andy McKenzie's blog posts on entrepreneurship and measurement. The one comment cites a post on when things can be measured while discussing traits like grit, hustle and stubbornness in entrepreneurs.

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An informal site with writing on psychology, statistics, and trade-offs.

What Hacker News says?

  1. Same goes for words like hustle or pigheadedness. I think grit maybe an even better way to state it. Stubbornness and tenacity can work for or against an entrepreneur or business. (comment inspired by reading http://andymckenzie.blogspot.com/2011/04/when-can-we-measure... )

    Comment linking /2011/04/when-can-we-measure-grit.html

    on “What Are The 2 Most Important Traits in An Entrepreneur?”
  2. Submitted Being a generalist requires more sleep than specialists as a story · 79 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted The real sustainability movement as a story · 1 points

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  4. Submitted Nine EYRGBHTV thoughts as a story · 1 points

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