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Chuck Wendig
Personal blog · terribleminds.com/ramblewritingculturecareer
Chuck Wendig's personal blog at terribleminds.com covers writing, culture and career. Since 2010, 21 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Want To Be A Freelancer? Just Punch Yourself In The Face, Instead”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Comments are sparse and mostly do not discuss the writing. One points to a Wendig post on freelancing, 'Want to be a freelancer? Just punch yourself in the face', and the other is an unrelated quote about Tyson and philosophy.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- Want To Be A Freelancer? Just Punch Yourself In The Face, Instead2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-09-17
- AI and the Fetishization of Ideas2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-02-26
What Hacker News says?
1. Tyson dismissed the intellectual value of philosophy in a podcast, which led to criticism from those within the discipline[1]. 2. He has been quoted saying, "What they teach in the humanities is not 'skepticism' or 'critical thinking.' It's mental masturbation disguised as critical thinking"[5]. 3. Tyson warned that philosophy "can really mess you up" and has implied that philosophy does not progress in the way s…
Comment linking /ramble/2018/03/06/maybe-neil-degrasse-tyson-should-embrace-the-humanities-more/
on “"Are We Automata?" by William James (1879)”Submitted How to Be a Professional Author and Not Die Screaming and Starving as a story · 175 points
HN discussionOh man - a couple of days ago there was this one (Want to be a freelancer? Just punch yourself in the face): http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/09/07/want-to-be-a-free... Now I don't know what to believe!!
Comment linking /ramble/2010/09/07/want-to-be-a-freelancer-just-punch-yourself-in-the-face-instead/
on “Why You Should Never Get A Job”Submitted Want To Be A Freelancer? Just Punch Yourself In The Face, Instead as a story · 137 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Great Surrender: How We Gave Up and Let Covid Win as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted Vital Cat Update (or how Google AI Overview makes up false information) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI and the Fetishization of Ideas as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Social Media Report Card: Time to ReSkeet the Blooski, Apparently? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ways to Stay Motivated in This Shellacked Era of Epic Stupid as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The funniest critique of Google+ so far as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things Every Writer Should Know as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Vital Cat Update: An Update to the Update as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple Review #17: Red Delicious Double Feature as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing Advice Is Bullshit (2015) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Just Say No to Artificial Intelligence in Your Creative Pursuits as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI and the Fetishization of Ideas as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Wendig’s Heirloom Apple Review, 2021 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How “Strong Female Characters” Still End Up as Weak and Powerless as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Publishing Is Not A Religious War « terribleminds: chuck wendig as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writer Resolutions for 2013 (and beyond) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 25 Things Writers Should Know About Social Media as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Of Google-Plus And Circle-Jerks, Part II as a story · 1 points
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