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Max Mautner
Personal blog · maxmautner.compoliticseconomics
Max Mautner's personal blog at maxmautner.com covers politics and economics. Since 2015, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 66 times, most often “Paying for Driving”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Max Mautner's post comparing US public subsidies of the costs of driving. It is cited in a thread on the costs of car crashes and California's insurance requirements.
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.
San Mateo-based urbanist, software-engineer, and fully vested in changing how we build cities.
Most-linked posts?
- Paying for Driving2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-11
- When we talk about traffic violence2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-28
- The Declining Driver's License: Good, Bad, or Both?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-23
What Hacker News says?
So in order words, non-drivers are forced to subsidize drivers (who risk the lives and property of others)? Here’s a comparison of US public subsidization of the costs of driving, from the same blog: https://maxmautner.com/2026/09/10/paying-for-driving.html
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on “Killing with a car costs $1.6M, California requires drivers to carry $30K”Submitted Killing with a car costs $1.6M, California requires drivers to carry $30K as a story · 53 points
HN discussion1. Technologies & lifestyle decisions 2. Sporadically, 1x a month on average 3. AWS S3 + Cloudfront, to control recurring costs and support spikey traffic 4. https://maxmautner.com
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on “Ask HN: What Is Your Blog?”Submitted Thoughts on my first electric scooter purchase as a story · 27 points
HN discussionJekyll + AWS (S3 + Cloudfront + Route53) https://maxmautner.com/
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on “Ask HN: What technologies do you use to run your personal blog?”Submitted Paying for Driving as a story · 18 points
HN discussionI wrote an accompanying blog post--just to be extra clear, this is a proof-of-concept, not a business: http://maxmautner.com/post/136066561980/github-email-thief
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