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Root Privileges
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Root Privileges is a personal blog at rootprivileges.net about science and culture. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. 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
Linked in an HN thread asking whether TV ads have changed, for a post about TV ads becoming creepier. The only comment is a bare remark with a link and does not assess 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.
Science, scicomm, scepticism
What Hacker News says?
The author has published a new post: "Just more confusion" https://rootprivileges.net/2022/04/07/hi-wordpress-com-youve...
Comment linking /2022/04/07/hi-wordpress-com-youve-complicated-it-further/
on “What are you doing, WordPress.com?”Submitted What are you doing, WordPress.com? as a story · 468 points
HN discussionIn India, they are creepier than ever https://rootprivileges.net/2022/03/31/tv-ads-are-becoming-cr...
Comment linking /2022/03/31/tv-ads-are-becoming-creepy/
on “Ask HN: Have TV ads changed?”Submitted Middle Fingers to the NYT and NYer as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted If WordPress supports NFTs, should I boycott it? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted You're allowed to be interested in particle physics as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Wordpress.com: Just More Confusion as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted NFT 101 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted India – where repairing a bad road could make life worse as a story · 1 points
HN discussion