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Brent Noorda
Personal blog · brent-noorda.blogspot.comculturepolitics
Brent Noorda's personal blog at brent-noorda.blogspot.com covers culture and politics. Since 2013, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Richard Branson and Elon Musk versus Elon Musk and Richard Branson”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in HN threads on space tourism and rideshare driving costs. Commenters cite the posts for figures, such as Lyft driving costs per mile and Richard Branson's fuel use for SpaceShipTwo flights.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Anything sufficiently vague shall always ring true.
Most-linked posts?
- Richard Branson and Elon Musk versus Elon Musk and Richard Branson2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-06-04
- How much does a Lyft driver earn?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-11-25
What Hacker News says?
I worked out some quick math estimating 25,000 gallons just for the fuel for each tourist's 2-hour flight. Space tourism seems like the douchebaggiest idea ever created. I hope the in-flight space cocktails are worth it. http://brent-noorda.blogspot.com/2014/05/richard-branson-elo...
Comment linking /2014/05/richard-branson-elon-musk-cognitive-dissonance.html
on “SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight”Submitted How much does a Lyft driver earn? as a story · 48 points
HN discussionYour assumptions may be incorrect. Here is an article that was on HN a couple months ago: http://brent-noorda.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-much-does-lyft-... According to Consumer Reports (see linked article), the median car costs about $9k per year for the first 5 years (including the sticker price). That comes out to $0.75 per mile--not an insignificant amount. Driving 30 miles per hour, that's $22.50 in costs.
Comment linking /2013/11/how-much-does-lyft-driver-earn.html?m=1
on “What happened when the CEO of a Boston burrito chain became an Uber driver”Submitted My day in the FISA court as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted #snowden4pres2020 as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Rise and Fall (mostly fall) of Primal Computer as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Treatment/Side-Effect Recursion – simple algorithm for medication proliferation as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Richard Branson and Elon Musk versus Elon Musk and Richard Branson as a story · 1 points
HN discussion