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rlucas.net: The Next Generation is a personal blog at blog.rlucas.net about startups and economics. Since 2011, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Capital As a Service: A Manifesto”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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6mentions?
4HN people?
2011–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link rlucas.net posts on tech and market reflections, including one on the Fukushima nuclear accident, and a post on a venture capital investment thesis about exchanging thoughts online. Commenters cite them as sources, not as judgements on the writing.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Capital As a Service: A Manifesto
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-02-25

What Hacker News says?

  1. It wasn't "the Japanese" that didn't do it safely at Fukushima. It was GE, which is about as American as you get, along with Toshiba and Hitachi. Also it was the 1960s, which is the age of the technology deployed in these relative archaisms. See http://blog.rlucas.net/tech_and_market_reflections/fukushima...

    Comment linking /tech_and_market_reflections/fukushima-type-reactors-in-the-usa/

    on “Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab”
  2. Submitted Danielle Morrill is mostly right about VC deal sourcing; here’s how she’s wrong as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  3. If you're working on this in a for-profit context, I'm a Seattle VC looking to invest in solutions for this particular problem, and my phone/email/etc. are in my profile. My most recent investment was on this thesis: http://blog.rlucas.net/vc/exchanging-thoughts-on-a-thoughtex...

    Comment linking /vc/exchanging-thoughts-on-a-thoughtexchange-investment/

    on “Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity filling the web?”
  4. Submitted Capital As a Service: A Manifesto as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Capital As A Service: A Manifesto as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Fukushima-type nuke reactors in the USA (map) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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