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Dean Eckles
Personal blog · deaneckles.com/blogscienceculture
Dean Eckles writes Ready-to-hand, a personal blog at deaneckles.com about science and culture. Since 2014, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post about DocSend and Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, citing its excerpt on workplace surveillance and the book's role in Facebook product manager training. The comments only cite or link it.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-04-14
What Hacker News says?
“It approves of rereading.” — Snow Crash , Neal Stephenson, 1992 Excerpt of the relevant section available here: https://www.deaneckles.com/blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/
Comment linking /blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/
on “How does it feel to be watched at work all the time?”Submitted It’s better for older workers to go a little fast: DocSend in Snow Crash as a story · 2 points
HN discussion"To conclude, it’s worth noting that, at least for a time, product managers at Facebook — Russ’ job before starting DocSend — were required to read Snow Crash as part of their internal training." [0] I think he knows. 0: https://www.deaneckles.com/blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/
Comment linking /blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/
on “Ray-Ban Meta next generation of smart glasses”Does anyone else get reminded of snow crash feds with stuff like this? I know when I’m sent a company document on company servers I behave like Yt’s mum. First except I found https://www.deaneckles.com/blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/
Comment linking /blog/700_docsend_in_snow_crash/
on “Woman fired after company uses keystroke tech to see how she's working from home”