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Peter Rukavina
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Peter Rukavina's personal blog at ruk.ca covers culture and programming. Since 2010, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Using FreshRSS to “Like” blog posts via Webmention (2019)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Rukavina's posts on practical topics: a guide to using Copenhagen's city bikes and a write-up on using FreshRSS blog posts with webmentions. Comments mostly link them as references.
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.
The personal blog of Peter Rukavina, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Most-linked posts?
- Using FreshRSS to “Like” blog posts via Webmention (2019)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-07-02
What Hacker News says?
> C dev: "You are telling me that the three digit codes are not globally unique??? They are understood not to be. They are generally known to be regionally unique. The "DVL" code is unique with-in FAA/Transport Canada control, and the "DVL" is unique with-in EASA space. There are pre-defined three-letter codes: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IATA_airport_code And pre-defined four-letter codes: * https://en.wikipedi…
Comment linking /content/icao-icard-and-5lnc-how-those-5-letter-aeronautical-waypoint-codes-get-their-names
on “Air traffic failure caused by two locations 3600nm apart sharing 3-letter code”Submitted How to replace 30 laptops (and $10,000) with 150 sheets of paper as a story · 249 points
HN discussionThe best bike sharing program I've seen anywhere is in Copenhagen. http://ruk.ca/content/how-use-copenhagen-city-bikes/ It's a free system, because the 20 kroner coin that is used to unlock the bike is released when the bike is returned. These bikes have 20-inch wheel, which are non-pneumatic. Single-gear with a coaster brake. And weigh about 50 pounds. Also built like tanks. As a tourist, it increased my enjoyment…
Comment linking /content/how-use-copenhagen-city-bikes/
on “ViaCycle (YC S12) Is A Zipcar For Bikes, Coming To San Francisco Soon”Submitted My First Firefox OS App hits the Firefox Marketplace as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThere’s some folks using web mentions to implement those. https://ruk.ca/content/using-freshrss-blog-posts-webmention https://mikevdv.dev/blog/2022-07-05-web-mentions
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