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Tim O'Brien
Personal blog · proftimobrien.comscience
Tim O'Brien's personal blog at proftimobrien.com covers science. Since 2017, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “The Express catches the moon (1966)”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a thread on a plot to steal Soviet planetary data, for an image of the Daily Express front page from the day of the Luna 9 lunar landing. The comment gives no judgement of the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Astrophysicist : Jodrell Bank : Manchester : @proftimob
Most-linked posts?
- The Express catches the moon (1966)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-05-31
What Hacker News says?
The front page of the Daily Express that day, for those curious: http://proftimobrien.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Luna9-Da...
Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Luna9-DailyExpress.jpg
on “The Plot to Steal Soviet Planetary Data”Submitted The Express catches the moon (1966) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why isn’t the earliest sunset on the shortest day? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion