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O'Really?
Personal blog · duncan.hull.namesciencephilosophy
O'Really? is a personal blog at duncan.hull.name about science and philosophy. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters link posts on exporting and deleting a Mendeley account, a sceptical note on whether things calling themselves science are science, and the BBC's metadata viewer. None judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A personal lab notebook
What Hacker News says?
How to export, delete and move your Mendeley account: http://duncan.hull.name/2013/01/18/mendelete/
Comment linking /2013/01/18/mendelete/
on “Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover”Submitted How many journal articles have been published (ever)? as a story · 16 points
HN discussionAnything that calls itself a Science, probably isn’t… [1] https://duncan.hull.name/2011/07/01/but-is-it-science/
Comment linking /2011/07/01/but-is-it-science/
on “Alan Kay on Messaging (1998)”Submitted Anything that calls itself a Science, probably isn't as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThe BBC did have a really interesting viewer for all the meta data at http://open.bbc.co.uk - but that seems to have disappeared. http://duncan.hull.name/2012/08/03/meta-bbc/
Comment linking /2012/08/03/meta-bbc/
on “Kim Philby, Lecturing in East Berlin, Bragged of How Easy It Was to Fool MI6”