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decryption's blog
Personal blog · blog.decryption.net.au/postshardwareculture
decryption's blog is a personal blog at blog.decryption.net.au about hardware and culture. Since 2022, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “Things That Annoy Me About Cars”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-20, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's MacPaint post, which shows 1980s 1-bit pixel art. Commenters are struck by a street-scene image from the post, but they praise the artwork rather than the writing.
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.
blog posts belonging to decryption, a large nerd from australia
Most-linked posts?
- /images/macpaint/lesson3d.png2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-07-12
- Things That Annoy Me About Cars2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-13
- Making Personalized Mini Magazines at Home2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-07-12
What Hacker News says?
Look at this one for example - my mind is blown: https://blog.decryption.net.au/images/macpaint/lesson3d.png How do you even do that? Zoomed out it looks like a nearly photorealistic street scene, zoomed in I just see seemingly meaningless patterns of black and white. Magic. Unbelievable.
Comment linking /images/macpaint/lesson3d.png
on “MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today”Submitted MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today as a story · 1057 points
HN discussionThat street scene is some of the best pixel art I have ever seen. https://blog.decryption.net.au/images/macpaint/lesson3d.png
Comment linking /images/macpaint/lesson3d.png
on “MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today”Submitted Trying to find meaning in owning an old Mac as a story · 97 points
HN discussionI 100% agree with this take. I've got an email newsletter that 874 people pay me $5/m to read (The Sizzle - https://thesizzle.com.au ). I set it up outside of Substack a few years ago, then migrated when Substack launched with the hope their platform would bring in new readers and make my life easier. This turned out to be a massive waste of over a year, as not only did the newsletter stop growing, it lost subscribe…
Comment linking /t/why-i-use-a-mishmash-of-services-for-different-parts-of-the-sizzle/37
on “We’re the founders of Substack, we just launched an iOS app. AUA”Submitted Things That Annoy Me About Cars as a story · 72 points
HN discussionMore 1-bit pixel art: > MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today - https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44540402 This masterpiece by an unknown artist might be the best work of hi-res pixel art I have ever seen: https://blog.decryption.net.au/images/macpaint/lesson3d.png
Comment linking /images/macpaint/lesson3d.png
on “1-Bit Hokusai's "The Great Wave"”Submitted LineageOS is the perfect minimal smartphone for non-tech savvy folk as a story · 53 points
HN discussionSubmitted Australian Net Guide – Issue 1, March 1996 as a story · 46 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everything I've Learnt About the Public EV Charging Businesss as a story · 32 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things That Annoy Me About Cars in 2026 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Help Me Find Missing Issues of Australian Personal Computer as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making Personalized Mini Magazines at Home as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I Make Personalised Mini Magazines at Home as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Reminder Why Digitising Old Printed Material Is Important (2025) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Review: Sangean DPR-35 Pocket DAB+ Radio as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My name is Anthony and I write a pretty good daily technology newsletter as a story · 1 points
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