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Daniel Frank
Personal blog · danfrank.caculturephilosophyeconomics
Daniel Frank's personal blog at danfrank.ca covers culture, philosophy and economics. Since 2015, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 56 times, most often “Most businesses don't work that way – on paying for vs. being the product”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-05-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The comments in view discuss Google forking WebKit and the DOJ push for Chrome to be sold, plus a music-album crowdfunding startup idea. None of them judge the blog's writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Most businesses don't work that way – on paying for vs. being the product2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-10-29
- 50 Ideas for Life I Repeatedly Share2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-03-17
- How a Basketball Statistic Changed How I See the World2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-04-10
- Every niche event should also be a meetup2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-11-19
- How to get the benefit of a high-end fitness tracker without buying one2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-31
- Things that confuse me about the current AI market2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-08-29
- Yes, you too, should believe you may be world-class2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-06-06
- Most singers become singers to be singers, not to sing2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-03-13
What Hacker News says?
> Google forked WebKit Yes - working code that everybody uses now including a major competitor - Microsoft. Where's the alternative timeline with a WebKit browser on Windows? Oh, Apple killed v5.1.7 Safari on Windows in 2010 - their choice. Windows Safari had its issues but it was a great browser when it was released. Virtually nobody has chosen to base their browser on WebKit - and they choose not to for good reaso…
Comment linking /most-businesses-dont-work-that-way/
on “DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome”Submitted You Are Beautiful (to at least some people) (2015) as a story · 45 points
HN discussionHeres mine: My proposed business is a centralized website similar to Kickstarter that does the financing for new music albums. With the spread of streaming services, many artists are now making an insufficient amount of money through record sales. Bands would list the albums they could potentially release (ie their next album, a live album, b sides etc) on a website where once the band has reached their asking price…
Comment linking /startup-ideas/
on “Ask HN: What are your startup ideas that you aren't pursuing?”Submitted My simple theory on why we stopped building beautiful buildings as a story · 35 points
HN discussionHeres mine: My proposed business is a centralized website similar to Kickstarter that does the financing for new music albums. With the spread of streaming services, many artists are now making an insufficient amount of money through record sales. Bands would list the albums they could potentially release (ie their next album, a live album, b sides etc) on a website where once the band has reached their asking price…
Comment linking /startup-ideas/
on “Ask HN: What are your startup ideas that you aren't pursuing?”Submitted Russia Is Poisoning Western Dignitaries and Nobody Seems to Care as a story · 26 points
HN discussionHeres mine: My proposed business is a centralized website similar to Kickstarter that does the financing for new music albums. With the spread of streaming services, many artists are now making an insufficient amount of money through record sales. Bands would list the albums they could potentially release (ie their next album, a live album, b sides etc) on a website where once the band has reached their asking price…
Comment linking /startup-ideas/
on “Ask HN: What are your startup ideas that you aren't pursuing?”Submitted How to get the benefit of a high-end fitness tracker without buying one as a story · 25 points
HN discussionHeres mine: My proposed business is a centralized website similar to Kickstarter that does the financing for new music albums. With the spread of streaming services, many artists are now making an insufficient amount of money through record sales. Bands would list the albums they could potentially release (ie their next album, a live album, b sides etc) on a website where once the band has reached their asking price…
Comment linking /startup-ideas/
on “Ask HN: What are your startup ideas that you aren't pursuing?”Submitted When No Building Is Allowed: Inside the Satmar Hassidic Takeover of a Small Town as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted 50 Ideas for Life I Repeatedly Share as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted How a Basketball Statistic Changed How I See the World as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted Personal reflections on moving from Canada to NYC as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why good things often don't lead to better outcomes as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted African Music I Like and Think You May Enjoy Too as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why are intellectual podcasts so bad? as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Something Wonderful Theory: Why I'm Optimistic Every Ordinary Day as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Every niche event should also be a meetup as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Most singers become singers to be singers, not to sing as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Maybe knowing too much about others isn't so great as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why (most) people don't learn on Twitter: the case for intellectual dark matter as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Days the World Could Have Ended as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Art is about exploration, not progress: a response to SBF as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Most businesses don't work that way – on paying for vs. being the product as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cocaine, Kim Jong-un, and BlackRock: why It's good to reflect on boycotts as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Yes, you too, reader, should believe you may be world-class as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Yes, you too, should believe you may be world-class as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Singers become singers because they want to be singers, not because want to sing as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted My favourite Tyler Cowen posts and ideas as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Efficient Markets from the Inside as a story · 3 points
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