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Roger's Bacon
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Roger's Bacon writes Secretorum, a personal blog at rogersbacon.substack.com about culture, history and philosophy. Since 2021, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Eponymous Laws Part I: Laws of the Internet”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack for its Eponymous Laws series, which gives tongue-in-cheek named laws about the internet, such as Badger's Law about 'Truth' in URLs and the Wadsworth Constant about skippable video intros.
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.
happy the dumb beast, wretched the mortal.
Most-linked posts?
- Eponymous Laws Part I: Laws of the Internet2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-06-24
- Nomen est omen – On nominative determinism and the power of names2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-05-20
- The Cult Deficit: Analysis and Speculation – Secretum Secretorum2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-06-13
- The Future: Where Are the Colors and the Sports? (Part I)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-08-11
What Hacker News says?
Author here, see heresy 12 - https://rogersbacon.substack.com/p/20-modern-heresies?s=w
Comment linking /p/20-modern-heresies?s=w
on “Fuck Your Miracle Year”Submitted Fuck Your Miracle Year as a story · 163 points
HN discussionAuthor here - you may enjoy another post of mine that mentions this - https://rogersbacon.substack.com/p/eponymous-laws-part-3-mis... and https://rogersbacon.substack.com/p/eponymous-laws-part-i-law...
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on “The myth of the myth of the lone genius”Submitted The myth of the myth of the lone genius as a story · 139 points
HN discussionPart-2: https://rogersbacon.substack.com/p/eponymous-laws-part-2-law... Part-3: https://rogersbacon.substack.com/p/eponymous-laws-part-3-mis... My favorites: 1. Badger’s Law – “any website with the word “Truth” in the URL has none in the posted content.” 2. The Wadsworth Constant – “the first 30% of any video can be skipped because it contains no worthwhile or interesting information.” 3. The Law of Fakery – “Anythi…
Comment linking /p/eponymous-laws-part-3-miscellaneous?s=r
on “Eponymous Laws Part I: Laws of the Internet”Submitted Eponymous Laws Part I: Laws of the Internet as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nomen est omen – On nominative determinism and the power of names as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blind Spots in Science and Culture as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pedophile Problems as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Cult Deficit: Analysis and Speculation – Secretum Secretorum as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted On nominative determinism and the power of names as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Eponymous Laws Part I: Laws of the Internet as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ideas are Alive and You are Dead as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Future: Where Are the Colors and the Sports? (Part I) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Future: Where Are the Colors and the Sports? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Eponymous Laws Part I: Laws of the Internet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Cult Deficit: Analysis and Speculation as a story · 1 points
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