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Clara Takahashi
Personal blog · obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blogsciencedesign
Clara Takahashi writes Obscure Dinosaur Facts, a personal blog at obscuredinosaurfacts.com about science and design. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “How to Use Bayes's Theorem in Real Life”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-23, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its dinosaur facts and history, such as the story of the Brontosaurus name. One commenter cites that post as a source, and another comments on a favourite image from the blog.
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.
A blog by paleoartist Clara Takahashi
Most-linked posts?
- How to Use Bayes's Theorem in Real Life2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-09
What Hacker News says?
Sounds a lot like the modern variant of Walden: https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/post/2021/06/30/walden... Henry David Thoreau would somewhat comically fit in as a particular modern day silicon valley archetype. “I told him, that as he worked so hard at bogging, he required thick boots and stout clothing, which yet were soon soiled and worn out, but I wore light shoes and thin clothing, which cost not half so m…
Comment linking /blog/post/2021/06/30/walden.html
on “Garden Hermit”Submitted How to Use Bayes's Theorem in Real Life as a story · 4 points
HN discussionMy SO wrote a blog post that touched on the fraternal birth order effect which I thought was great (though I am biased): https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/post/2021/01/27/bayes.... She expands on it and I think her writing breaks it down well (just make sure to check out the appendix correction too!)
Comment linking /blog/post/2021/01/27/bayes.html
on “The largest study to date on the genetic basis of sexuality (2019)”Submitted The Upstairs/Downstairs Dichotomy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIt’s an interesting question and the answer is also pretty interesting: https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/post/2022/11/30/bird-brains... There are a few factors and that post gives a nice overview.
Comment linking /post/2022/11/30/bird-brains.html
on “Human gene linked to bigger brains was born from seemingly useless DNA”Submitted Walden: 19th Century Vanlife as a story · 1 points
HN discussionLife imitates art imitating life: The story [1] of the Brontosaurus is an interesting one... [1] https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/post/2019/08/31/bronto...
Comment linking /blog/post/2019/08/31/brontosaurus-isnt-real.html
on “Genuinely, my all-time favourite image: Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis”Submitted Building a Coin-Operated Crow Feeder (Part 1) as a story · 1 points
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