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misc-stuff.terraaeon.com
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misc-stuff.terraaeon.com is a personal blog at misc-stuff.terraaeon.com about culture and philosophy. Since 2019, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 31 times, most often “Beware Offers of “Help” with Your Projects”. 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 in the HTTPS thread for its post arguing why the site stays HTTP-only, on the view that a man-in-the-middle matters less for a site that asks for no payment or downloads. Commenters point to its HTTP donate page.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- Beware Offers of “Help” with Your Projects2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-07
- /donate.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-10-06
- Why this Website is not, and may never be, HTTPS2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-09-29
- I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-25
What Hacker News says?
"Care to provide specific examples of what you have tried and been unable to say because the government explicitly tells you not to? " I would love to, despite your setting up a straw-man argument. I posted a link to this article: http://misc-stuff.terraaeon.com/articles/no-vote.html on Hacker News. It received about 2000 page views in less than 30 minutes before it was pulled from the feed.
Comment linking /articles/no-vote.html
on “Imprisoned for Your Safety”Submitted I want a computer that I own as a story · 994 points
HN discussionThe site happens to have a donate page: http://misc-stuff.terraaeon.com/donate.html From my perspective, it doesn't matter much if that page was added through a MITM attack or not - I neither know nor trust the author of the site and have no inclination of donating money to them.
Comment linking /donate.html
on “Why this Website is not, and may never be, HTTPS”Submitted I am seriously considering going back to desktop computers as a story · 618 points
HN discussion> If some users are afraid of a possible man-in-the-middle attack, I can only say that if an imposter site encourages you to pay for something or download code, you will immediately know you are in the wrong place. There is a donation page that seems to contradict the above: http://misc-stuff.terraaeon.com/donate.html .
Comment linking /donate.html
on “Why this Website is not, and may never be, HTTPS”Submitted I Miss the Old Internet as a story · 383 points
HN discussionSubmitted I suspect many task deadlines are designed to force engineers to work for free as a story · 270 points
HN discussionSubmitted Imprisoned for Your Safety as a story · 229 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Am Seriously Considering Going Back to Desktop Computers (2020) as a story · 207 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Miss the Old Internet (2019) as a story · 186 points
HN discussionSubmitted Some things I realized about AI while contemplating slide rule prices on eBay as a story · 126 points
HN discussionSubmitted Way to Deal with a Micromanaging Boss as a story · 85 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why this Website is not, and may never be, HTTPS as a story · 55 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Have Decided to Stop Supporting My Family's Non-Linux Devices as a story · 43 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Are Not Adults Just Because We Say So as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why this website is not, and may never be, HTTPS as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Even Petty Little People Need Free Speech as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Remembering Mrs. Ford as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Today I Was Afraid as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Introverted Nerd's View of “Normies” and Their Culture as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beware Offers of “Help” with Your Projects as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Computers Were Not Meant to Be Screwdrivers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Doctors Don't Seem to Care If They Kill Their Patients as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can We Please Have More Unique-Looking Laptops? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Nerdy the New Cool? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Love Technology, and I Hate Technology as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Beware Offers of “Help” with Your Projects as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Identifying Unlogged Web Site Traffic as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Are Doomed to Repeat Our History as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Problem Solvers and Problem Creators as a story · 1 points
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