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Ian Gent

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Ian Gent's personal blog at iangent.blogspot.co.uk covers culture and programming. Since 2013, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “The Petrie Multiplier: Why an Attack on Sexism in Tech is Not an Attack on Men”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
5HN people?
2013–2014first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2013

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Petrie Multiplier: Why an Attack on Sexism in Tech is Not an Attack on Men
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-10-13
  2. How I became one of the three "best optimizers in the world"
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted How I became one of the three "best optimizers in the world" as a story · 19 points

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  2. Submitted The Petrie Multiplier: Why an Attack on Sexism in Tech is Not an Attack on Men as a story · 9 points

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  3. Submitted How I became one of the three "best optimizers in the world" as a story · 5 points

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  4. Submitted The Petrie Multiplier: Why an Attack on Sexism in Tech is Not an Attack on Men as a story · 3 points

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  5. Submitted The Petrie Multiplier: Why an Attack on Sexism in Tech is Not an Attack on Men as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted The Computer Scientist and The Cleaner as a story · 1 points

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