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Kyle Benzle
Personal blog · kylebenzle.com · on HN as kylebenzlesciencewritingdata
Kyle Benzle's personal blog at kylebenzle.com covers science, writing and data. Since 2019, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 31 times, most often “Does CO2 build up in N95 masks? I did a test, heres the results [pdf]”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked from Hacker News 'Who wants to be hired' threads as a résumé/CV site for Kyle Benzle, a plant biologist and data scientist. The comments do not discuss the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Kyle Benzle is a plant scientist, data scientist, writer, and organic farmer near Columbus, Ohio. Explore his projects, book reviews, publications, farm work, and YA science fiction.
Most-linked posts?
- Does CO2 build up in N95 masks? I did a test, heres the results [pdf]2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-03-20
- /2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-11-04
- My One Thousand Favorite Books2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-03-17
What Hacker News says?
I've had more fun writing my blog this year than reading to be honest. https://kylebenzle.com
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on “Ask HN: Favorite blog in 2024?”Submitted A Media Player Without Peers – The Unreasonable Effectiveness of VLC as a story · 39 points
HN discussionTel: 614-50-Kyle-B Email: Kbe@mm.st Willing to relocate: Yes Location: Columbus, OH CV: https://bit.ly/KyleBenzle Website: https://KyleBenzle.com Blog: https://KyleBenzle.medium.com GitHub: https://github.com/KyleBenzle LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/KyleBenzle Technologies: R, Python [NumPy, Scikit-learn], SQL, Genetic transformation and protein screening I am a data scientist and trained plant biologist with si…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2020)”Submitted After a deacade of using SQL it "clicked" for me as a story · 10 points
HN discussionLocation: Columbus, Ohio Remote: Maybe Willing to relocate: Not now Technologies: Plant biotechnology, transformation, R, Python, HTML, CSS, AWS, SQL Résumé/CV: https://KyleBenzle.com Email: kbe@gmx.us Profile: In addition to my passion for crop improvement using plant biotechnology, modern breeding techniques, computer science and statistics, I possess strong leadership, creativity and a penchant for teamwork, and…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2019)”Submitted I Get SQL, Kind Of as a story · 8 points
HN discussionLocation: Columbus, Ohio Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: R, PHP, Java, Python, MySQL, Bash Unix Shell, HTML, CSS, 5 years experience in genetics wet lab. Résumé/CV: https://www.KyleBenzle.com Email: benzle.2@osu.edu
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2019)”Submitted The Unreasonable Effectiveness of VLC – The oral history of a media player as a story · 6 points
HN discussionMy name is Kyle and I'm a plant biologist and data scientist with over 10 year of experience in research and an MS in plant genetics from The Ohio State University. I also have a background in computer science and am able to create everything from stand alone analyses to custom interactive web applications for data exploration. I have a broad knowledge of data science, statistics, genetics and plant breeding. I thin…
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on “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2023)”Submitted It's Time to Short NVDA as a story · 5 points
HN discussionFree full pdf hosted on my personal site : https://KyleBenzle.com/BlueScreen.pdf . Amazon ebook (free this week) : https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Screen-Peter-Gustafson-Defragmen ... Free first chapter of the audiobook : https://soundcloud.com/landgrant/blue-screen-chapter-1 Blurb : Peter Gustafson wants to save the world. In the year 2984, Peter is an average kid with a secret; he’s a well-behaved tenth-grader by day…
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on “Looking for feedback on a YA SciFi novel and audiobook about teen hacker”Submitted The Unreasonable Effectiveness of VLC as a story · 5 points
HN discussionHere are the links if they don't function above: The full pdf here: https://KyleBenzle.com/BlueScreen.pdf Free first chapter of the audiobook: https://soundcloud.com/landgrant/blue-screen-chapter-1 Free Kindle Amazon ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084GHLYSX
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on “Show HN: Looking for Feedback on My “Computer Science Fiction” Novel Blue Screen”Submitted The Coming Tyranny of Air Purification as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThank you for checking and sorry. It should start at midnight 10/2 whatever local time I think, its seems to be up for me. Here is the full pdf link on my person site as well :) https://kylebenzle.com/BlueScreen.pdf
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on “Giving away my book about a young hacker recruited to help take over the world”Submitted The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Finance & Business of Life as a story · 3 points
HN discussionGiving away the Amazon ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Screen-Peter-Gustafson-Defragmen... The full pdf here: https://kylebenzle.com/BlueScreen.pdf . Free first chapter of the audiobook: https://soundcloud.com/landgrant/blue-screen-chapter-1 Blurb: Peter Gustafson wants to save the world. In the year 2984, Peter is an average kid with a secret; he’s a well-behaved tenth-grader by day but cryptographic entrepreneu…
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on “Giving away my book about a young hacker recruited to help take over the world”Submitted Does CO2 build up in N95 masks? I did a test, heres the results [pdf] as a story · 3 points
HN discussionPeter Gustafson wants to save the world. In the year 2984, Peter is an average kid with a secret; he’s a well-behaved tenth-grader by day but cryptographic entrepreneur and hacker by night. When the electricity mysteriously goes out in his hometown, Peter takes it upon himself to investigate. The adventure leads the young hacker to a large transmitting station and into a battle of wits with the greatest AI ever crea…
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on “Computer SciFi Novel, Blue Screen: How Peter Gustafson Defragmented the World [pdf]”Submitted My One Thousand Favorite Books as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: A votable list of the one thousand best books as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted An experiment and results on CO2 build up in N95 masks [pdf] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Does CO2 in N95 masks exceed OSHA's recommendation? [pdf] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blue Screen: How Peter Gustafson Defragmented the World [pdf] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I made a Raspberry Pi CO2 sensor to measure build up in N95s [pdf] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Silver Bullet – How contentious divorce works in modern America as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Silver Bullet: How America's Divorce Lawyers Exploit Outdated Laws to Profit as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: I quit my job to sell garlic online as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My 1k Favorite Books as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Had to Use Google's Gemini 2.5 Advanced to Cancel Google's Gemini 2.5 Advanced as a story · 1 points
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