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Jim Grey
Personal blog · blog.jimgrey.net · on HN as mobileneculturewriting
Jim Grey writes Down the Road, a personal blog at blog.jimgrey.net about culture and writing. Since 2022, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “What happens when the information runs out”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The one HN comment cites a post on AI upscalers making up realistic faces, and the blog's linked posts test AI upscaling on a small stamp-sized photo. The comments do not assess the writing.
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.
Photographs and stories by Jim Grey
Most-linked posts?
- What happens when the information runs out2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-23
What Hacker News says?
You're going to pay for storage somehow, somewhere. For my photo-heavy WP.com blog (of 15 years!) I've always hosted my photos on Flickr. I pay the $50/year for Flickr Pro which gives me all the photo storage I could ever want. I agree with you about the ads on the free tier. Worse, the ads are extremely low quality. I complained about this (shaking my fist into the air, essentially) on my blog not long ago. https:/…
Comment linking /2022/02/08/why-i-still-recommend-wordpress-com-for-new-bloggers-but-am-not-as-bullish-on-it-as-i-used-to-be/
on “What are you doing, WordPress.com?”Submitted Old Concrete Was Better as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYes! Exactly this. I'm the OP and I wrote about this specifically as well. https://blog.jimgrey.net/2023/01/10/connecting-through-the-e...
Comment linking /2023/01/10/connecting-through-the-ether/
on “It's a shame what's happened to radio”Submitted It's a shame what's happened to radio as a story · 3 points
HN discussionA human face is the easiest target - because AI upscalers can make up a "fake" face realistic enough to fool most people. Especially something as standardized as a passport photo. See this article shared on HN a week ago: https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/06/30/what-happens-when-the-in...
Comment linking /2026/06/30/what-happens-when-the-information-runs-out/
on “I 4x'd a 367x479 stamp-sized photo through 8 upscaling models”Submitted What happens when the information runs out as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A pan that won't let me rush dinner as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 1917 bridge still serving on the National Road in Maryland as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blog Is a Radio Station as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Carspotting 2022: Down the Road as a story · 1 points
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