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Daniel Zarick

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Daniel Zarick's personal blog at danielzarick.com covers startups and writing. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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7mentions?
4HN people?
2010–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Daniel Zarick's posts on the Facebook era, on working with Mythos, and on networking and finding a job. One commenter singles out the Self-Reliance post as practical job advice.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Daniel Zarick – I make things. Mostly for computers & phones.

Most-linked posts?

  1. /post/1642680958/self-reliance
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-11-22
  2. /uploads/2018-05-draw-the-owl.jpg
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-09-04

What Hacker News says?

  1. https://www.danielzarick.com/uploads/2018-05-draw-the-owl.jp...

    Comment linking /uploads/2018-05-draw-the-owl.jpg

    on “What it feels like to work with Mythos”
  2. Submitted Startups Should Mimic Drug Lords as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. Most cookbooks tend to be like the meme about drawing an owl [0]. Mostly because the people making the instructions make assumptions about Stuff One Should Just Know and skip those bits in the instructions. On video you can actually see the consistency of things as they are cooked and maybe even hear what the process sounds like (frying spices in oil has a distinct sound if the oil is at the correct temperature). Yo…

    Comment linking /uploads/2018-05-draw-the-owl.jpg

    on “Are Cooking Videos Making Us Better Cooks?”
  4. FYI- I posted this on my blog, but I don't have comments so I wanted to bring the conversation to HN. http://www.danielzarick.com/2010/04/the-dark-age-of-facebook...

    Comment linking /2010/04/the-dark-age-of-facebook/

    on “The (Dark) Age of Facebook”
  5. Which is exactly why I linked to my original post: Self-Reliance ( http://danielzarick.com/post/1642680958/self-reliance ). It is a long piece with very practical advice for networking and finding a job. Perhaps I should have just linked to it directly, however, I wanted to give a little insight to 'why' I wrote it.

    Comment linking /post/1642680958/self-reliance

    on “Unemployment after graduation: stop whining and figure it out”
  6. The other post I linked to within this one, titled Self-Reliance ( http://danielzarick.com/post/1642680958/self-reliance ) detailed sound and practical advice for how to get a job. This post was to be a lead-in to why I wrote that post.

    Comment linking /post/1642680958/self-reliance

    on “Unemployment after graduation: stop whining and figure it out”
  7. colinyoung · 2010-11-22Recommends
    I almost think you should link to the other post, Self Reliance: http://danielzarick.com/post/1642680958/self-reliance . It was very applicable and actionable advice.

    Comment linking /post/1642680958/self-reliance

    on “Unemployment after graduation: stop whining and figure it out”

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