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#haymanSplaining
Personal blog · blog.hayman.nethistoryculture
#haymanSplaining is a personal blog at blog.hayman.net about history and culture. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you."”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Comments mention this blog only in passing: one links a 2021 post on business cards and expansion plans, and one replies on an SGI Refurb Weekend thread about early lab experiences. No comment praises the writing.
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.
Ex-Apple, ex-NeXT, ex-Indiana, ex-Waterloo, sometimes ex-hausted and re-tired. Can play the trombone in an emergency.
Most-linked posts?
- From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you."2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-05-08
What Hacker News says?
- OP mentioned this briefly with the plans to expand in 2021 [1] (Good old google still useful : [ "Steve next com" before:2025 ] ) - Also excluding rare words from the search allows finding several AI Summarizers for Hacker News [ "Steve next com" -amazed ] [1] https://blog.hayman.net/2021/02/07/business-cards-i-have-kno...
Comment linking /2021/02/07/business-cards-i-have-known.html
on “From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you."”Submitted From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you." as a story · 1209 points
HN discussionI credit a lab full of SGIs at Ohio State with my transition from a career in mechanical engineering towards technology and information security. I just got transfixed by all of the things I could do and would spend my time in class distributing povray renders across the whole lab instead of paying attention to what I was supposed to be doing. We also had a gorgeous lab of NeXT computers in a basement computer lab.…
Comment linking /2025/05/06/from-steve-jobs-great-idea.html
on “Refurb Weekend: Silicon Graphics Indigo² Impact 10000”Submitted Apple and NeXT, 25 Years Ago this week as a story · 114 points
HN discussion