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Nathan Brixius
Personal blog · nathanbrixius.wordpress.comdatamathprogramming
Nathan Brixius's personal blog at nathanbrixius.wordpress.com covers data, math and programming. Since 2014, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “The Five Longest Proust Sentences”. 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
HN readers link Nathan Brixius's posts on sentence length, including one listing Marcel Proust's five longest sentences, in discussions of writing style. Comments in these threads focus on Proust rather than on the post itself.
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.
Writing, projects, and notes by Nathan Brixius.
Most-linked posts?
- The Five Longest Proust Sentences3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-06-15
- Stumbling Towards Rightness2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-19
What Hacker News says?
As a fan of Proust I feel he already did that but not in the way Derek intended. It's more like "One sentence per page(s) — https://nathanbrixius.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/the-five-long...
Comment linking /2013/10/30/the-five-longest-proust-sentences/
on “Writing one sentence per line”Submitted Don Knuth's MIP, 64 years later as a story · 80 points
HN discussionAs others have already pointed out, the author does not seem to command long sentences enough. But it can be a good choice for streams-of-consciousness; Marcel Proust is a good example of it. Here are his five longest sentences: https://nathanbrixius.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/the-five-long... In general, I'd recommend to read some Proust as his style is completely against the current trend of short, direct sentences…
Comment linking /2013/10/30/the-five-longest-proust-sentences/
on “Long sentences”Submitted 2014 in review: 5 data science trends as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stumbling Towards Rightness as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stumbling Towards Rightness as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Five Longest Proust Sentences as a story · 1 points
HN discussion