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asheesh-announce-l is a personal blog at announce.asheesh.org about culture and security. Since 2017, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “I Switched to iPhone for Cost Reasons”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for the author's personal write-ups, such as switching from a PinePhone to an iPhone SE and the history of the Ultimate Debian Database. Comments cite these posts without judging them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- I Switched to iPhone for Cost Reasons2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-09-09
What Hacker News says?
With that kind of budget, you can get an iPhone SE 2020: https://www.backmarket.com/en-us/p/iphone-se-2020-64-gb-blac... . If you can spare an extra $50, I'd go for the current model: https://www.backmarket.com/en-us/p/iphone-se-2022-64-gb-star... ($202) That's basically what I did: https://announce.asheesh.org/2022/09/i-switched-to-iphone-fo...
Comment linking /2022/09/i-switched-to-iphone-for-cost-reasons-i-can-help-you-switch-too/
on “PinePhone review after a month of daily driving”Submitted I Switched to iPhone for Cost Reasons as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe official Ultimate Debian Database only allows Debian project members to access it. Mattia Rizzolo and I co-maintain a mirror. Query and enjoy! psql "postgresql://udd-mirror:udd-mirror@udd-mirror.debian.net/udd" I wrote up its history recently: https://announce.asheesh.org/2020/11/the-ultimate-debian-dat... More info about the service: https://udd-mirror.debian.net/
Comment linking /2020/11/the-ultimate-debian-database-and-why-i-co-host-a-public-mirror-of-it/
on “Ultimate Debian Database”Submitted Sandra Frankel, suing Apple, and the security apocalypse as a story · 1 points
HN discussion> If you told members of the FSF Board of Directors that FSF would destroy itself over a political dispute over a question like "was metoo a media frenzy", it would had sounded silly. If I would had said after the 2016 election that FSF would need to take a side, left or right, no one would even consider it. I don't think this is true - my sense is that 10-20 years ago, claiming "in the future, the FSF will destroy…
Comment linking /2018/12/libreplanet-speakers-ask-fsf-board-about-safe-space-policy-get-no-real-answer/
on “Conflicts in the GNU project now affect Guile”Newsflash (just looked it up), an iphone se is $429, a used one is cheaper, and factoring in support duration, may be cheaper yet. A friend who would've been among the last people I'd expect to use an iphone blogged this https://announce.asheesh.org/2022/09/i-switched-to-iphone-fo... I'm really embarrased by this (I've been a borderline Apple hater basically my whole life) but also acknowledge reality.
Comment linking /2022/09/i-switched-to-iphone-for-cost-reasons-i-can-help-you-switch-too/
on “Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone”
