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edunham
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edunham is a personal blog at edunham.net about programming and security. Since 2015, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite edunham's 2022 post on hiding Starlink terminals under thin cloth or plastic bags, using it as support for a point about signal interference and terminal visibility.
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.
Wherein I record things I wish I'd known earlier
What Hacker News says?
It is unfortunate, and it is a good question to ask why Rust is attracting so few female contributors. To assume when asking that question that the project is misogynist is a bit of a stretch, however. It's worth checking the project's policies and behaviors, to make sure it isn't doing anything that provides some kind of bias, but simply starting out by claiming that Rust is "anti-female" goes a bit far. A few thin…
Comment linking /2015/05/20/open_infrastructure.html
on “Rust 1.5”Submitted Levels of Safety Online as a story · 25 points
HN discussion> Starlink terminals also require a clear view of the sky and they broadcast on certain frequencies That's not quite true. You can conceal the terminal using a number of materials that won't significantly interfere with the signal like a thin piece of cloth or a thin plastic bag (like a garbage bag) as long as the cover doesn't get too wet. https://edunham.net/2022/03/11/starlink_dressup.html
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on “90M people. 118 hours of silence. One nation erased from the internet”Submitted Could Rust have a left-pad incident? as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Make a Rustacean (2016) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Saying Ping as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Folklore and fallacy as a story · 1 points
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