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eigenmagic
Personal blog · eigenmagic.comsystemsprogramming
eigenmagic is a personal blog at eigenmagic.com about systems and programming. Since 2016, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “A Deep Dive into Google, Facebook and Australian News”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as background on Google's dealings with Australian media and the news media pay law, with one commenter pointing to a 'deep dive into Google'. The comments cite it as a source and do not judge 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.
The purpose of a system is what it does.
Most-linked posts?
- A Deep Dive into Google, Facebook and Australian News2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-09-14
What Hacker News says?
Google isn't in the wrong here, and framing this as just an honest consumer-first regulator doing their job omits critical context to help people understand what's happening. The party in power federally is the Coalition, and they are deeply entwined, in a symbiotic relationship, with Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd: illustrated by endless editorial lines supportive of the Coalition in media across the country, revolving…
Comment linking /2020/08/17/draft-news-media-and-digital-platforms-laws/?utm_source=TW
on “Response to Google open letter”Submitted Scaling Mastodon with systemd template units as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou missed my claim: > Machine Learning was NOWHERE NEAR as overused as AI in user-facing communication. I never said it was as overused. I said we levied the same criticisms (buzz word, implementation detail, bad fit) Im surprised people dont remember this. Here are some examples: - Blind post from 2018 stating machine learning is a buzz word with lots of agreement: https://www.teamblind.com/post/is-machine-learnin…
Comment linking /2022/03/22/linear-regression-is-better-than-machine-learning/
on “Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff”Submitted A Deep Dive into Google, Facebook and Australian News as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMy framing of this issue partly inspired by this piece: https://www.eigenmagic.com/2020/09/07/a-deep-dive-into-googl...
Comment linking /2020/09/07/a-deep-dive-into-google-facebook-and-australian-news/
on “Tim Berners-Lee says Australian media pay law would make internet unworkable”Submitted Homelab Kubernetes Setup as a story · 1 points
HN discussion