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Damien Walter

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Damien Walter's personal blog at damiengwalter.com covers writing and culture. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Neal Stephenson interview”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.

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4mentions?
4HN people?
2013–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link this blog for a 2014 post about an interview with Neal Stephenson, cited as a related point on whether science fiction is hopeful about the future. No praise or criticism of 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.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Neal Stephenson interview
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-05-19

What Hacker News says?

  1. Neal Stephenson makes a similar point in this interview: http://damiengwalter.com/2014/05/07/nealstephenson/

    Comment linking /2014/05/07/nealstephenson/

    on “Star Trek: The Next Generation Was the Last Sci-Fi Show Hopeful About the Future”
  2. Submitted Neal Stephenson interview as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted The 3 Core Qualities of a Digital Nomad as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas and Booker nominee, is a true geek as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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