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George Blackshaw
Personal blog · blackshaw.substack.comcultureeconomics
George Blackshaw's personal blog at blackshaw.substack.com covers culture and economics. Since 2021, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “I survived eight days on a desert island”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Rants, raves, opinions, profanity.
Most-linked posts?
- I survived eight days on a desert island3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-02-25
- Should You Become a “Digital Nomad”? Some Honest Reflections2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-19
- A bad acid trip nearly ruined my life2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-04
What Hacker News says?
Iceland is amazing, I highly recommend a visit. If you can forgive the self-promotion, I wrote a "things I wish I'd known" post about visiting Iceland which might be of interest to anyone planning a trip there: https://blackshaw.substack.com/p/iceland
Comment linking /p/iceland
on “Outhorse Your Email”Submitted “Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? as a story · 369 points
HN discussionUpdate: I have written a follow-up post in response to the above thread https://blackshaw.substack.com/p/pay-2
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on ““Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain?”Submitted A Follow-Up to “Location-Based Pay” as a story · 49 points
HN discussion> we really really need to do a better job of keeping plastic out of the oceans This was really hammered home to me on a trip I took a couple of months ago. I was on an uninhabited island and, while the island as a whole was beautiful, the beaches were all COVERED in plastic debris from the high-tide line upwards. It was really quite shocking to see. I knew that there's a lot of plastic floating in the oceans, but I…
Comment linking /p/desert-island
on “Brazilian researchers find 'terrifying' plastic rocks on remote island”Submitted The “Great Reset” is too stupid to be a conspiracy as a story · 29 points
HN discussionI lived in Southeast Asia for a few years in my 20s - not teaching English, mainly just scraping together a living through random Internet bullshit, but I had lots of friends who taught English, and I've seen what a good springboard it can be for global travel if you want to live abroad. But the main thing I'd say to anyone considering moving countries is that most countries aren't highly desired immigration destina…
Comment linking /p/digital-nomad
on “U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter, better than expected”Submitted A bad acid trip nearly ruined my life as a story · 17 points
HN discussionhttps://blackshaw.substack.com/ Here are two recent(ish) posts I was proud of: https://blackshaw.substack.com/p/desert-island https://blackshaw.substack.com/p/the-great-reset-is-too-stup...
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted Should You Become a “Digital Nomad”? Some Honest Reflections as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted I survived eight days on a desert island as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted I survived eight days on a desert island as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Dangers of LSD: A Personal Story as a story · 1 points
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