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Kris Nóva

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Kris Nóva's personal blog at krisnova.net covers systems and security. Since 2023, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Ego Death”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Kris Nóva's personal site for its self-authored bio and blog posts. One commenter noted her last post, about shifting her energy toward climbing, before she died climbing.

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Complete technical works and social posts of alpinist, software engineer, and computer scientist Kris Nóva. Compute runtime, Linux, Aurae, Kubernetes, Security, and Kernel topics. Distributed systems. Cyber Security. Analysis. Math.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Ego Death
    5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2023-06-21
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    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-20

What Hacker News says?

  1. Thanks! Could you link some of her work so I could learn more? Her website doesn't have much: https://krisnova.net/

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    on “Kris Nova passed away”
  2. Submitted Ego Death as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. I didn't know Kris, but I'm so sorry for a loss that has impacted a lot of people I do know. Reading her last blog post is hauntingly ironic. She describes making a major change in how she directs get her energy, with climbing cited as more representative of her values. And then she died climbing only weeks later. I wish that she had more time to live in her new outlook. I also hope that her impact continues to reso…

    Comment linking /posts/ego-death/

    on “Kris Nova passed away”
  4. Submitted Ego Death as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. A self-authored bio of Kris for those unfamiliar with her, here: < https://krisnova.net/bio/ >

    Comment linking /bio/

    on “Kris Nova passed away”
  6. Submitted Ego Death as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. https://krisnova.net/

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    on “Kris Nova passed away”
  8. Submitted Ego Death as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Network Instrumentation and TCP File Descriptor Hijacking as a story · 2 points

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  10. Submitted Network Instrumentation and TCP File Descriptor Hijacking as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Observing and Understanding Backlog Queues in Linux as a story · 1 points

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