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Ryan McGreal
Personal blog · quandyfactory.com/blog · on HN as RyanMcGrealpoliticswriting
Ryan McGreal's personal blog at quandyfactory.com covers politics and writing. Since 2009, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 42 times, most often “Getting things done by procrastinating”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Ryan McGreal's posts on designing RESTful web apps and on productivity and procrastination. One commenter says they bookmarked a post for later reading after finding it useful.
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.
Personal website for Ryan McGreal
Most-linked posts?
- Getting things done by procrastinating4 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2009-09-10
- Designing a RESTful Web Application3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-06-23
- Software as a Model for Government2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-11-01
What Hacker News says?
Here are my thoughts on learning to run: http://quandyfactory.com/blog/167/what_you_need_to_know_to_s...
Comment linking /blog/167/what_you_need_to_know_to_start_running
on “Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging”Submitted Challenging the MLS Monopoly as a story · 88 points
HN discussionI'd argue that forgiving HTML parsing is one of the main reasons the web got as big and broad as it did. http://quandyfactory.com/blog/39/the_virtue_of_forgiving_htm...
Comment linking /blog/39/the_virtue_of_forgiving_html_parsers
on “How Browsers Work: Behind the Scenes of Modern Web Browsers”Submitted Designing a RESTful Web Application as a story · 68 points
HN discussionSee also http://quandyfactory.com/blog/65/designing_a_restful_web_app... .
Comment linking /blog/65/designing_a_restful_web_application
on “The one true REST explanation”Submitted Today's Large Language Models Are Essentially BS Machines as a story · 44 points
HN discussion> Even when Ubuntu moved the window controls to the left side... One of the first things I did when I upgraded to 10.04 was to move the window controls back to the right side. http://quandyfactory.com/blog/59/ubuntu_1004_first_thoughts#...
Comment linking /blog/59/ubuntu_1004_first_thoughts
on “Seven Minutes in Ubuntu: A Mac user's first impressions”Submitted Ubuntu 10.04: First Thoughts as a story · 40 points
HN discussionThe way US prosecutors operate - piling on large numbers of felony charges with decades in maximum sentencing and offering a shorter sentence in exchange for a guilty plea - is a clear violation of the 8th Amendment. It's functionally equivalent to using the threat of torture to extract a confession. http://quandyfactory.com/blog/103
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on “Carmen Ortiz’s Sordid Rap Sheet”Submitted Getting things done by procrastinating as a story · 39 points
HN discussionForgiving HTML parsing is one of the great strengths of the web. http://quandyfactory.com/blog/39/the_virtue_of_forgiving_htm...
Comment linking /blog/39/the_virtue_of_forgiving_html_parsers
on “The Group That Rules the Web”Submitted The drive to UI simplicity deters kids from learning about how computers work as a story · 33 points
HN discussionMy list of n things: http://quandyfactory.com/blog/41/top_10_programming_lessons_...
Comment linking /blog/41/top_10_programming_lessons_in_10_years
on “Ask HN: What habits made you a better programmer?”Submitted Shared awareness: a better way to manage comment trolls as a story · 27 points
HN discussionHah! The only way I can ever do anything is as a way of not doing something else: http://quandyfactory.com/blog/1/
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on “Rapid prototyping as burnout antidote”Submitted I wrote this essay on procrastination as a way of not completing another task. as a story · 21 points
HN discussionThanks for your helpful reply! I turned my comment into a blog post and incorporated your suggestion: http://quandyfactory.com/blog/41/top_10_programming_lessons_...
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on “Top 20 Programming Lessons I've Learned in 20 Years”Submitted Detailed Review of Mark Pilgrim's Dive Into Python 3 as a story · 19 points
HN discussionThanks for your helpful reply! I turned my comment into a blog post and incorporated your suggestion: http://quandyfactory.com/blog/41/top_10_programming_lessons_...
Comment linking /blog/41/top_10_programming_lessons_in_10_years
on “Top 20 Programming Lessons I've Learned in 20 Years”Submitted On Crimes and Punishments: The Cruel and Unusual Threat against Aaron Swartz as a story · 9 points
HN discussion> As for "threats of 35 year sentences"--the statutory maximum is not a "threat." That's simply incorrect. It is absolutely a threat. As I recently argued: > The prosecutor used the threat of 35-50 years in prison to get Aaron to accept a guilty plea. If he chose to plead not guilty and attempt to defend himself, it would cost well over a million dollars in legal fees, and if he were found guilty anyway, the judge w…
Comment linking /blog/103/on_crimes_and_punishments_the_cruel_and_unusual_threat_against_aaron_swartz
on “Attorney General: Aaron Swartz Case Was a ‘Good Use of Prosecutorial Discretion’”Submitted A Dog Riding a Skateboard: Some Preliminary Thoughts on Tesla's FSD as a story · 3 points
HN discussionWrong, wrong, wrong. The only way he didn't face 35 years of prison time is if he was prepared to plea guilty despite believing firmly and with sound reason that he was not a criminal. As I've argued elsewhere [1], "A prosecutor forcing someone to admit guilt by threatening a life-destroying cruel and unusual punishment if they do not admit it - why, that is the very essence of using torture to extract a confession!…
Comment linking /blog/103
on “This Is the MIT Surveillance Video That Undid Aaron Swartz”Submitted Productivity and Procrastination as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI don't disagree with you on the need for careful refactoring of our legal code. In fact, a few years ago I wrote an essay on this very topic: http://quandyfactory.com/blog/30/software_as_a_model_for_gov... I do believe we need to exercise caution, balance and good judgment, and that most of the time, careful refactoring is more prudent and effective than throwing out the existing code and starting from scratch.
Comment linking /blog/30/software_as_a_model_for_government
on “The Aaron Swartz Prosecution & Plea Bargaining”Submitted Software as a Model for Government as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMy thoughts on procrastination: http://quandyfactory.com/blog/1/productivity_and_procrastina...
Comment linking /blog/1/productivity_and_procrastination
on “How to Be a Better Procrastinator”Submitted Designing a RESTful Web Application as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI finally made my peace with procrastination when I stopped fighting against it. Now my secret to productivity is to load several projects onto my agenda so that I end up getting work done as a way of avoiding getting other work done: http://quandyfactory.com/blog/1/productivity_and_procrastina...
Comment linking /blog/1/productivity_and_procrastination
on “I procrastinate because I care”Submitted It's a criminal offence to loan your lawnmower to a neighbour as a story · 2 points
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