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Emacsen's Blog
Personal blog · blog.emacsen.net/blogprogrammingculture
Emacsen's Blog is a personal blog at blog.emacsen.net about programming and culture. Since 2012, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “OpenStreetMap Is in Trouble”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link these posts as related reading on fan culture and abuse of employees, and on the difficulty of keeping OpenStreetMap-style data accurate at scale. Both comments cite them as relevant articles.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- OpenStreetMap Is in Trouble4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2018-02-16
- The GNU Kind Communication Guidelines Are Bad for Free Software2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-10-29
- The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-08-24
What Hacker News says?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43134892 https://blog.emacsen.net
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on “Johnny.Decimal – A system to organise your life”Submitted OpenStreetMap Is in Trouble as a story · 1062 points
HN discussionMy blog is at https://blog.emacsen.net but I haven't written much. The problem I have is that writing the why is harder than the what. For example, I use a modified Cycle System, but some of my modifications are around how many tasks I do a day, and how I categorize which tasks I do. As an example, understanding task limits and why you should use them is important. As I write out my thoughts about them, it feels bor…
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on “Johnny.Decimal – A system to organise your life”Submitted The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System as a story · 306 points
HN discussionemacsen/Serge Wroclawski's piece, "Stern Fan In Recovery," touches on this and the abuse his employees deal with: https://blog.emacsen.net/blog/2021/07/03/stern-fan-in-recove...
Comment linking /blog/2021/07/03/stern-fan-in-recovery/
on “Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence”Submitted Why the world needs OpenStreetMap (2014) as a story · 271 points
HN discussionGreat catch! Short answer: https://blog.emacsen.net/atom.xml Longer answer: I switched blogging software a few months ago and thought I'd changed everything over, but apparently I'd missed the atom/rss feeds. Thanks for catching this!
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on “Why the world needs OpenStreetMap (2014)”Submitted Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap as a story · 232 points
HN discussionWhoever stakes the most tokens also has the most to lose. There is other side of the moderation - anyone can challenge incorrect data and earn tokens for their work. Currently, there is no support for moderation at scale. Projects like OpenStreetMap offer a valuable resource, but struggle to maintain quality at scale. This is a relevant article: https://blog.emacsen.net/blog/2018/02/16/osm-is-in-trouble/ . With DIRT…
Comment linking /blog/2018/02/16/osm-is-in-trouble/
on “DIRT Protocol raises $3M to build a Wikipedia for structured data”Submitted My experiences at a woman's programming workshop as a story · 171 points
HN discussionI've been out of the mapping world for quite a few years now, but at one time I was a prolific mapper in OSM. I wrote a post on my blog about my concerns for the project, and some ideas for improvement: https://blog.emacsen.net/blog/2018/02/16/osm-is-in-trouble/ It was not met well. I was (and still sadly am) subject to personal attacks by certain members of the OpenStreetMap community. I don't know much about Overt…
Comment linking /blog/2018/02/16/osm-is-in-trouble/
on “What does Overture Map mean for the future of OpenStreetMap”Submitted A Review of the Framework Laptop as a story · 36 points
HN discussionSubmitted The GNU Kind Communication Guidelines Are Bad for Free Software as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why OpenStreetMap is in Serious Trouble (2018) as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Observations From a Python Workshop as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Is SFLC Siding with Oracle Over Linux Developers? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons in trying to use OIDC as a Single Sign On solution as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why OpenStreetMap is in Serious Trouble (2018) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Search for a FLOSS Mobile OS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The GNU Kind Communication Guidelines Are Bad for Free Software as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The World Cares About OpenStreetMap as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Edit Wars in OpenStreetMap as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The role of the fringe in the Free Software and Esperanto communities as a story · 1 points
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