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Matt Henderson
Personal blog · dafacto.com · on HN as makalumhendersstartupsbusiness
Matt Henderson writes Dafacto, a personal blog at dafacto.com about startups and business. Since 2013, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Matt Henderson's blog for a 2011 post on The Big Short and financial fraud, and for a first-hand report on youth unemployment in Southern Europe.
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.
I’ve been writing here since 2003, mainly covering investing, business and technology.
What Hacker News says?
No , just no. There was clear and obvious fraud. At banks. At rating agencies. At investment firms. In the government. And pretty blatant coordination between some players, including among some that were supposed to be regulating and watching for the sort of fraud that occurred and was allowed to occur. The Big Short covers this in an entertaining fashion. Alternatively, http://dafacto.com/2011/the-big-short-a-brief…
Comment linking /2011/the-big-short-a-brief-summary-of-the-2008-financial-collapse/
on “Theranos and David Boies Cut Legal Ties”Submitted Why our product went viral in Brazil for the wrong reasons as a story · 134 points
HN discussionNobody's hiring in Southern EU countries, because firing is too difficult/expensive there. All the protectionist laws that were meant to keep the employee secure naturally backfired and resulted in a steadily shrinking job market. Employing someone in EU is like accepting them into a kindergarten, you assume full responsibility for them as if they weren't adults. Matt Henderson gives an eye-opening first-hand report…
Comment linking /2011/02/12/the-unfortunate-consequence-of-protective-social-laws-in-spain/
on “Europe's Record Youth Unemployment”Submitted RaceSplitter rejected after three years for using a slider control as a story · 14 points
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