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Personal blog · opendotdotdot.blogspot.compoliticsprogramming
open... is a personal blog at opendotdotdot.blogspot.com about politics and programming. Since 2008, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Why Google Should Buy the Music Industry”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link posts from this blog on software patents, Linux and OS speed, Korean ActiveX rules and YouTube's contract for indies, citing them as comparisons or sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
open source, open genomics, open creation
Most-linked posts?
- Why Google Should Buy the Music Industry2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-04-16
What Hacker News says?
kinda reminds me of http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-google-should-...
Comment linking /2011/04/why-google-should-buy-music-industry.html
on “The YouTube Contract for Indies”Submitted Putin Orders Russian Move to GNU/Linux as a story · 154 points
HN discussionYou're talking about this interview: http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2014/01/interview-linus-to...
Comment linking /2014/01/interview-linus-torvalds-i-dont-read.html
on “Why Aren't Operating Systems Getting Faster as Fast as Hardware? (1990) [pdf]”Submitted Please Request Your Personal Data Held by Cambridge Analytica as a story · 101 points
HN discussionApparently it was (is?) a legal requirement to use ActiveX http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/07/activex-law-in-kor...
Comment linking /2008/07/activex-law-in-korea.html
on “Korea's Internet Is Mired in a Microsoft Monoculture”Submitted Richard Stallman: "I Wished I Had Killed Myself" as a story · 101 points
HN discussionAn excerpt of the paper taken from the "Open..." blog: "In other industries, research continues up to a point where further research costs too much to be feasible. At this stage, the industry's output merely consists of replacing parts that have worn out. However, in the software sector, a computer program that is fully debugged will perform its function forever without requiring maintenance or modification. What th…
Comment linking /2008/08/why-software-patents-are-harmful.html
on “Why Software Patents Are Harmful (PDF)”Submitted Dmitry Medvedev declares official holiday in Russia: Programmer's Day as a story · 80 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Google Should Buy the Music Industry as a story · 78 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Linux "at the end of its life cycle"? as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dirty ACTA tricks — Piracy/Counterfeit Bait and Switch as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted TTIP update I.I as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted TTIP Vote – Please Write to Your MEPs Before Wednesday as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Portugal to Make Creative Commons Licences Illegal? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted BSA's Piracy Numbers: Less than They Seem as a story · 1 points
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