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Go Away is a personal blog at 27bslash6.com about writing and culture. Since 2008, 64 different Hacker News readers have linked it 74 times, most often “"yeah thats not what I was looking for at all."”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
This site may contain personal misinformation and/or photos of bees.
Most-linked posts?
- /overdue.html10 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2009-12-11
- "yeah thats not what I was looking for at all."10 people · 10 mentions · first linked 2010-06-28
- /overdue.html9 people · 9 mentions · first linked 2021-09-03
- /p2p2.html8 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2010-04-22
- "It's like Twitter. Except we charge people to use it."4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-11-25
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-07-08
- /missy.html3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-08-28
- /reddit.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-11-11
- "It's like twitter. Except we charge people to use it."2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-03-22
- /brochure.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-06-20
What Hacker News says?
http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p2.html is still my favorite.
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on “Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?”Submitted "It's like Twitter. Except we charge people to use it." as a story · 20 points
HN discussionLove this site. This one: http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html , makes me giggle audibly every time...
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on “Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?”Submitted "It's like twitter. Except we charge people to use it." as a story · 12 points
HN discussionhttp://www.27bslash6.com/ - lots of crazy stories from David Thorne Some particular good ones are: http://www.27bslash6.com/f26a.html http://www.27bslash6.com/arguments.html http://www.27bslash6.com/covers.html
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on “Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?”Submitted One way to deal with school administrators' restrictive policies as a story · 10 points
HN discussionIf you haven't read this before, I highly recommend: http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html
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on ““Just remove the duck” (2013)”Submitted "yeah thats not what I was looking for at all." as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThanks! Forgotten about that (I see that Jonathan Pryce is young, so my lapse is to be forgiven). This was what I meant: http://www.27bslash6.com He's well worth the read.
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on “Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbells will stop working”Submitted Good ideas for websites as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI looked up these links so I might as well paste them here: Spider: http://27bslash6.com/overdue.html Monty: http://www.419eater.com/html/bigman.htm
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on “Two years spent spamming spammers back”Submitted Home computer of 2010 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAnyone remember this? A drawing of a seven-legged spider mailed as payment for overdue utility bills. https://27bslash6.com/overdue.html
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on “A little trick to spam the spammers (2021)”Submitted Conformity at school as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThen you’ll love this guy https://27bslash6.com/missy.html
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on “Please do not write below the line”Submitted So Web Censorship in Australia IS Real? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI believe it's what the spider drawn by David Thorne produces: https://27bslash6.com/overdue.html Ironic that payment via random drawings became a "reality" in this crazy world after all.
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on “I'm a fucking webmaster (2016)”If you're new to him, you're in for some fun. The spider article is great: http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html
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on “A list of lists of interview questions”Impossible to mention a list of interview questions without acknowledging David Thorne's 10 interview questions on 27bslash6. They're almost entirely ridiculous though I've used a couple when interviewing people. "How is this an issue?" and "Are you pro-active or reactive" can both lead to exceptionally telling answers. Or just confusion, despair and upset... but certainly have the possibility to almost.... http://w…
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on “A list of lists of interview questions”Yeah, I wonder what that even means? You can't "return" data. You can either delete the data, or hand over the media that it's encoded upon. It reminds me a bit of David Thorne's famous "spider" email exchange http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html (fourth email)
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on “JSTOR Statement on Aaron Swartz”"To that end, Aaron returned the data he had in his possession and JSTOR settled any civil claims we might have had against him in June 2011." Reminds me of that spider drawing comic [0]. [0] http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html
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on “JSTOR Statement on Aaron Swartz”Everyone knows that the only question you need to ask is "how is this an issue?" http://27bslash6.com/interviews.html
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on “How I ended up conducting successful tech interviews with just 1 question”Completely missed that on previous watches of the film. 27b-6 is a reference to George Orwell's address; Apartment 6, 27B Canonbury Square, Islington London. It's also the website of David Thorne, who is always amusing if you're looking for some vicious sarcasm: http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html
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on “Terry Gilliam’s Don Quixote film finally hits the big screen after 25 years”It's unclear if you're trolling, but assuming you're not, the analogy doesn't work because digital things and physical things behave in fundamentally different ways. In the physical example, according to the FBI's "just this one iPhone" claim, one would reasonably expect that the company could then destroy the hypothetical master key as soon as it's used. This makes sense in a physical world, but the analogy breaks…
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on “Cook: 'This Is Not What Should Be Happening in This Country'”I've got to say that the beginning of your post reminded me of this so much: http://www.27bslash6.com/halogen.html In all seriousness, coming from a Mediterranean country to the UK, the summers can be quite annoying with the light starting a little after 4am and if you don't have a good set of blinds it can get very disruptive. Your solution (ugly as it maybe ;) ) it's actually quite good as it does not require a lo…
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on “Weighted blankets might ease insomnia and anxiety”Others may not accept that overdue claim: https://27bslash6.com/overdue.html
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on “Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for 'intense year'”See http://www.27bslash6.com/reddit.html
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on “The Oatmeal (online cartoon) earns ~$1000/day”The guy who ticked off Reddit for being rude to a customer was this guy: http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html The Oatmeal may get most of their money via Reddit, but I don't think Reddit has a beef with them.
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on “The Oatmeal (online cartoon) earns ~$1000/day”That was actually a really cool presentation. Are there any papers out there for someone who is interested in segmenting data like that? Also, on the topic of "LOL", and the related acronyms, I think this little cartoon explains it well: http://www.27bslash6.com/lol.jpg
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on “The Difference Between Funny and LOL”This post reminds me a lot of David Thorne: http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p2.html
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on “Somewhat Verbatim Conversation with a Startup Recruiter”
