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Mere Civilian
Personal blog · merecivilian.comhardwareproductivity
Mere Civilian is a personal blog at merecivilian.com about hardware and productivity. Since 2020, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Apple broke up with me”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this blog for a post titled "Apple broke up with me" about losing an Apple account, cited in threads on account recovery and on Google Workspace alternatives. 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.
A mere civilian's perspective on life
Most-linked posts?
- Apple broke up with me3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-12-05
What Hacker News says?
https://merecivilian.com/apple-broke-up-with-me/
Comment linking /apple-broke-up-with-me/
on “Ask HN: Any better alternatives to Google Workspace for a family of five”Submitted Apple broke up with me as a story · 985 points
HN discussionlater on, i just bumped into a much related Apple story: https://merecivilian.com/apple-broke-up-with-me/ “It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.” - Willaim Blackston
Comment linking /apple-broke-up-with-me/
on “Why Is It So Hard to Figure Out What to Do When You Lose Your Account?”Submitted AirPods Max are no match for my AirPods as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Like Android as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Basecamp: A business software solution to solve a personal GAMING problem as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I am stuck using Dropbox? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flight Tracker Fight Off: App in the Air vs. Flighty as a story · 2 points
HN discussion