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David Chess
Personal blog · davidchess.com/wordswritingphilosophy
David Chess's personal blog at davidchess.com covers writing and philosophy. Since 2008, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Broken Koans”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link David Chess's short pieces, such as the 'Broken Koans' and a parable about a fish that preaches about water. One commenter says the Broken Koans cheered them up immensely.
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?
- Broken Koans5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2008-05-30
What Hacker News says?
>from http://www.davidchess.com/words/BrokenKoans.html This has cheered me up immensely at the start of the week; I may not have to kill myself now, and may just affix some of these to my wall instead.
Comment linking /words/BrokenKoans.html
on “Fish don't know they're in water”Submitted I'm not sure you've really got this whole Object-Oriented thing down quite right as a story · 46 points
HN discussionThere was once a wise and venerated fish who preached about water. Water, he would say, surrounds and supports us. We are all in and of the water, and where there is nothing else there is water. Fish came from all over the ocean to hear him teach. 'I have nothing to teach,' he said, 'only enjoy the water,' but they came anyway, and some of them began to understand the water, and some of them came to understand it fu…
Comment linking /words/BrokenKoans.html
on “Fish don't know they're in water”Submitted Broken Koans as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Broken Koans as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Vasty Houses (2001) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Broken Koans and other Zen debris as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Broken Koans and other Zen debris as a story · 1 points
HN discussion