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-… --- --- on Svbtle is a personal blog at benyu.org about writing and programming. Since 2013, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “150 Days Without Videogames”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a personal blog on the Svbtle platform. The comments discuss Svbtle's design, a 2013 DMCA dispute over a Flat UI clone, and the 2013 Thiel Fellows, not the writing 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.
-… --- --- | Thiel Fellow, Harvard dropout, cofounded Stream & Sprayable. Dual present passions are programming and writing.
Most-linked posts?
- 150 Days Without Videogames2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-06-08
What Hacker News says?
Here's an example of a svbtle page: http://benyu.org/net-worth obtvse page: http://jackdempsey.me/migrating-to-obtvse wp-svbtle: http://wp-svbtle.themeskult.com/ I believe obtvse at the time of the dispute was more directly ripping off svbtle than it is now, but I could be misremembering. The unintentional pretentiousness of svbtle was amusing at the time and I can remember the urge to create a clone and replace the…
Comment linking /net-worth
on “Flat UI DMCA Takedown”Submitted Connections don't build things as a story · 45 points
HN discussionconfluence, you've been awfully negative about the fellowship and Peter Thiel thus far. However, you should be careful to not conflate the lack of readily available data on the fellows with lack of progress on their end. The fact that there isn't much press is a (very) rough indicator that the fellows are spending time working with their heads-down rather than attention-whoring. Anyways, I'll do some homework for yo…
Comment linking /thiel-fellowship-closing-ceremony-speech
on “The 2013 Thiel Fellows”Submitted There are no shortcuts as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted We aren’t born anything. as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The greatest marketing scheme of all time as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Bill Gates is My Hero Again as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted 150 Days Without Videogames as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The sweet spot of productivity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 150 Days without Video Games as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My fourth grade teacher did as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How diamonds took over the world as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What do you live for? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Collaborative Writing, Etherpad, and FTL Fanfiction as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Strenuous Life as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted There are no shortcuts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The importance of structure as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Wealth Distribution Fallacy as a story · 1 points
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