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Karl's Notes
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Karl's Notes is a personal blog at karlsnotes.com about politics and economics. Since 2021, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 57 times, most often “How the IAEA uses nuclear technology to control insect pests”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked post covers how the IAEA uses nuclear technology to control insect pests. The only comment is a submitter's note changing the HN link to this post, with no comment on 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.
Notes about society and building a better future.
Most-linked posts?
- How the IAEA uses nuclear technology to control insect pests4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-09-17
- The four requirements under the Declarative Theory of Statehood2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-26
- Utility AR is the future of Snapchat2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-01
- Challenges to Creating a Network State2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-12-14
- Fuggerei: the world’s first public housing (2022)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-03
- An African Superstate: The East African Federation (2022)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-06-27
- How did the Medici make their money?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-04-26
What Hacker News says?
Thanks! We changed the URL to that from https://www.karlsnotes.com/how-the-iaea-uses-nuclear-technol... .
Comment linking /how-the-iaea-uses-nuclear-technology-to-control-insect-pests/
on “How the IAEA uses nuclear technology to control insect pests”Submitted Lee Kuan Yew on Malta as a story · 96 points
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