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John Naughton
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John Naughton writes Memex 1.1, a personal blog at memex.naughtons.org about culture and web. Since 2011, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commentary on technology and economics, such as Twitter's data going to the Library of Congress, whether data centres drive GDP growth, and a personal essay on a photo of Aaron Schwartz. Commenters only link or discuss them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
Don't forget, that during the Twitter FBI Email drops that have been happening recently, that in 2010 twitter gave a firehose of ALL tweets + Updates to the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS [0] And if you dont think the FBI/NSA havent had a palantir like view into all of those.... https://memex.naughtons.org/library-of-congress-drinks-from-...
Comment linking /library-of-congress-drinks-from-twitter-firehose/10916/
on “Twitter Suspends PG's Account”Submitted Seems ppl forget: Twitter dontating all tweets to Library of Congress (2010) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionHistory doesn't necessarily repeat nor rhyme. For 15 years now there have been people wrongly calling a bubble. The justifications change but looking back we can say they were wrong - or at least, a "bubble" that never pops and people get bored of talking about might have just been actual, real economic growth. September 2020: 2020 Tech Stock Bubble (Sunpointe Investments, tech in general) https://sunpointeinvestmen…
Comment linking /where-angels-dare-to-tread-the-new-tech-bubble/13605/
on “Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025”Submitted Why Isn’t Amazon Stamping Out Kindlespam? as a story · 4 points
HN discussion"...beliefs which we share." When I look at the most ubiquitous photo of Mr. Schwartz ( this one: http://memex.naughtons.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Aaron_... ), and I see that smile... I sincerely do feel that "sharing beliefs" is an understatement. I know that smile. That is my smile. I make it often. And perhaps many others do too. It's when I know I have no other business being exactly where I am except for t…
Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Aaron_Swartz_profile.jpg
on a deleted threadSubmitted Newcomers to the Public Domain as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Long Read of the Day – Gus Simmons’s Memoir as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The privacy vs. secrecy question properly framed as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Steve Jobs and Napoleon: an exchange as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Memex 1.1 » Blog Archive » Facebook: the Gold(man) rush as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Memex 1.1 » Blog Archive » Facebook: the craze du jour as a story · 1 points
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