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Naughty Computer

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Naughty Computer is a personal blog at naughtycomputer.uk about programming and culture. Since 2015, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 27 times, most often “Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again?”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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27mentions?
5HN people?
2015–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2017

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The only comment is a question asking whether a linked post, titled roughly 'Do I really need to get out th...', was the one someone was trying to find. It says nothing about the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again?
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-07-16
  2. Owned Software vs. Servant Software
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-11-26
  3. Computers are Stupid (2017)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-10-14

What Hacker News says?

  1. I just write my blog direct in HTML and host it on a Raspberry pi running FreeBSD and darkhttpd: http://www.naughtycomputer.uk/

    Comment linking /

    on “Is Self Hosted Blogging Dead?”
  2. Submitted Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? as a story · 425 points

    HN discussion
  3. http://www.naughtycomputer.uk/do_i_really_need_to_get_out_th... was it this one?

    Comment linking /do_i_really_need_to_get_out_the_soldering_iron_again.html

    on “Ask HN: Need help to find a HN post”
  4. Submitted Do I need to get out the soldering iron again? (2018) as a story · 145 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted How I realised “Free Software” is a better term than “Open Source” as a story · 110 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Three Software Freedoms as a story · 76 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted The writing interest paradox as a story · 64 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted SSL considered bloated as a story · 47 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Spurn the computer game industry as a story · 32 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Controlling a motorcycle tachometer with a Raspberry Pi as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted How I realised “Open Source” is a better term than “Free Software” as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted The role of Free Software in a world that doesn't care as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Xylon's guide to computer security (2017) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Owned Software vs. Servant Software as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Computers are Stupid (2017) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Apple and Microsoft, Open Source Is Like Your Advanced Driving Course! as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted On Technology Obscurity as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted KDE/XFCE hybrid – the greatest DE of all time as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Happiness Is Bad as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Do I really need to get out the soldering-iron again? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Better speed control for case fans as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Owned software vs. servant software as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted A Response to “The JavaScript Trap” as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted Computers are stupid as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted How bad is Ubuntu? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted Why most software is proprietary as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted Why technology is bad as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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