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eaves.ca
Personal blog · eaves.capoliticsdataprogramming
eaves.ca is a personal blog at eaves.ca about politics, data and programming. Since 2009, 24 different Hacker News readers have linked it 27 times, most often “What the game 'Werewolf' teaches us about Trust and Security”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Posts on open data, open source startups in Montreal, Canadian internet policy, and data analyses such as charity spending and obesity rates. HN readers cite them as sources in discussions.
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.
if writing is a muscle, this is my gym
Most-linked posts?
- What the game 'Werewolf' teaches us about Trust and Security3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-04-08
- Launching an Open Data Business: Recollect.net (Vantrash 2.0)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-03-09
What Hacker News says?
Yeah but you've got to remember that every program has a constituency. The fact that we're the constituency, does mean that we have to temper our vociferousness with solid arguments and evidence. This stuff is important, but remember, there are programs out there to feed impoverished children. Is data.gov more important than that? Maybe not. The point is though, that data.gov and open government data is, given our g…
Comment linking /2011/03/30/access-to-information-is-fatally-broken-you-just-dont-know-it-yet/
on “Data.gov & 7 Other Sites to Shut Down After Budgets Cut”Submitted “They’ll Just Make It Illegal” as a story · 124 points
HN discussionWhy not? Don't you think local government has a stake in building the startup ecosystem in the city? I think there's some serious opportunity for some jurisdiction to pwn Open Source startups with significant tax incentives for Open Source development. What about tax incentives on salaries for developers who release code under an OSI license? Incentives for "soft" Open Source work like community management? Infrastr…
Comment linking /2009/05/14/vancouver-enters-the-age-of-the-open-city/
on “Can Montreal Become an Open Source Startup Hub?”Submitted How the US Air Force deals with blogs as a story · 29 points
HN discussionSorting an excel spreadsheet to find what the "largest" charities in canada are exposed $3.2 billion in fraudulent tax receipts claimed by 100,000 Canadian tax filers https://eaves.ca/2010/04/14/case-study-open-data-and-the-pub...
Comment linking /2010/04/14/case-study-open-data-and-the-public-purse/
on “Why does Kars4Kids sends most of its money to one town in New Jersey? (2023)”Submitted Open Source Data Journalism – Happening now at Buzz Data as a story · 15 points
HN discussionYou're speaking to where we want to see all of this go. There's no easy answers, but you might want to check out: http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/23/flightcaster-flight-delay/ http://eaves.ca/2011/03/07/launching-an-open-data-business-r... http://measuringmeasures.com/blog/2010/7/2/research-driven-s... I have also ordered Sarah Lacy's new book, about info entrepreneurs in the developing world: http://www.amazon.ca/Bri…
Comment linking /2011/03/07/launching-an-open-data-business-recollect-net-vantrash-2-0/
on “BuzzData: A social network designed for data (beta coming soon)”Submitted Treating the Web as an archive: Finding the financial crises ground zero online as a story · 13 points
HN discussionComparing Canada vs USA obesity rates shows that YES indeed eating habits seem to be very different: http://eaves.ca/2008/07/08/fatness-index-canada-vs-united-st...
Comment linking /2008/07/08/fatness-index-canada-vs-united-states/
on “Majority of US Healthcare Costs Are Caused by Bad Eating Habits”Submitted Canadian Gov's Access to Information Implementation is unsustainable. as a story · 9 points
HN discussion- nl · 2011-02-04
This simply isn't as one sided as many seem to think. See, for example http://eaves.ca/2011/02/03/why-the-crtc-was-right-on-user-ba... ("Why the CRTC was right on Usage-Based Billing")
Comment linking /2011/02/03/why-the-crtc-was-right-on-user-based-billing/
on “Canada still wants to "discipline the use of the Internet"” Submitted Learning from Libraries: The Literacy Challenge of Open Data as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted The End of the World: The State vs. the Internet as a story · 5 points
HN discussion- nl · 2011-02-04
Submitted Why the CRTC was right on Usage-Based Billing as a story · 4 points
HN discussion Submitted What the game 'Werewolf' teaches us about Trust and Security as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Werewolf teaches us about Trust and Security as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Werewolves teaches us about security as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Repurposing Bugzilla exhaust data to better manage open source communities as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How GitHub Saved OpenSource as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Launching an Open Data Business: Recollect.net (Vantrash 2.0) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Canada Post and the War on Open Data, Innovation & Common Sense as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Citizen Surveillance and the Coming Challenge for Public Institutions as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Want to Find Government Innovation? US Military is often leading the way. as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open Source Data Journalism – Happening now at Buzz Data as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open Source Data Journalism – Happening now at Buzz Data as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Audacity of Shaw: How Canada’s Internet just got Worse as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Open Data Saved Canada $3.2 Billion as a story · 1 points
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