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Personal blog · kristopolous.blogspot.comprogrammingwebsecurity

kristopolous is a personal blog at kristopolous.blogspot.com about programming, web and security. Since 2011, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Flash Sucks –- But everything else sucks more (2011)”. The last post was in 2012, but the archive is still widely read.

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4HN people?
2011–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2011

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Flash Sucks –- But everything else sucks more (2011)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-12-06

What Hacker News says?

  1. kristopolous · 2021-12-06
    10 years ago I wrote this: "what will the ad-haters use in this future world of 2022? Some amalgamated FlashBlock equivalent that can easily just turn off all the annoying stuff? This line will be blurred and it won't be possible." I wish I was wrong on these types of things. http://kristopolous.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-sucks.html

    Comment linking /2011/12/flash-sucks.html

    on “You click a link to a news site, to read an article that seems interesting”
  2. dredmorbius · 2021-12-06

    Submitted Flash Sucks –- But everything else sucks more (2011) as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  3. kristopolous · 2012-01-23
    I wrote something about this http://kristopolous.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-pirate.html

    Comment linking /2012/01/why-pirate.html

    on “FileSonic disables all filesharing”
  4. kristopolous · 2011-05-27

    Submitted Abandon Your Cake. as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. kristopolous · 2023-08-23
    Always worth digging my old post up, 2011: Flash Sucks But everything else sucks more. https://kristopolous.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-sucks.html

    Comment linking /2011/12/flash-sucks.html

    on “Thoughts on Flash (2010)”
  6. kristopolous · 2012-08-27

    Submitted Free Societies Need Bad Security as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. kristopolous · 2023-03-10
    Agreed. These could be rotated and arranged in different patterns, maybe. But I'd need to see that case built. About a dozen years ago someone made the case for their being only one cloud icon, I think a lot cleaner https://www.hanselman.com/blog/there-is-only-one-cloud-icon-... I've noticed this to hold over the years, almost always. I actually end up laughing a bit when I see cloud depictions in design specs these…

    Comment linking /2011/11/what-nice-logo.html

    on “Cobble_stone (The Texture of Your Childhood)”
  8. kristopolous · 2011-11-28

    Submitted Derivative (art)work as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. DiabloD3 · 2011-11-24

    Submitted A new way of looking at how to write open source code as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. kristopolous · 2011-11-14

    Submitted IE, still better than Firefox. as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. tambourine_man · 2011-11-11

    Submitted Acid3 of JS shows IE 10 at the top as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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