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Sebastian Marshall
Personal blog · sebastianmarshall.com · on HN as lionheartedproductivityphilosophy
Sebastian Marshall's personal blog at sebastianmarshall.com covers productivity and philosophy. Since 2010, 102 different Hacker News readers have linked it 297 times, most often “An Open Letter to Simon and Schuester CEO Carolyn Reidy”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Sometimes recommended · 9 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers link his posts on productivity, time tracking, strategy and the McKenzie piece, often as support for their own points.
- Recommended for · 9 comments
- Called 'a great post', 'a real gem' and 'really great'; one commenter's favorite writer; 'writes very well'.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- An Open Letter to Simon and Schuester CEO Carolyn Reidy7 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2011-11-16
- The-genius-and-tragedy-of-patrick-mckenzie5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2011-10-17
- The Genius and Tragedy of Patrick McKenzie3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2014-03-06
- /about3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-06-23
- The Genius and Tragedy of Patrick McKenzie (patio11)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-09-23
- “We don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 per day.”3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-03-10
- /the-weakest-of-the-great-men-of-all-time2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-02-06
- Luck Doesn't Exist2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-07-30
- How You Can Be Creative – A Lesson from Pablo Picasso2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-07-13
- How do I write so much, you ask? Well, glad you asked2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-09-04
What Hacker News says?
Does this cause people to read "The Genius and Tragedy of Patrick McKenzie" http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/the-genius-and-tragedy-of-p... (posted last month by an observer of the author of the submitted post here) with a different reaction?
Comment linking /the-genius-and-tragedy-of-patrick-mckenzie
on “Don't Call Yourself a Programmer”Submitted Son, as soon as someone puts their hands on you... as a story · 443 points
HN discussionI'm reminded of this post by lionhearted: http://sebastianmarshall.com/the-genius-and-tragedy-of-patri...
Comment linking /the-genius-and-tragedy-of-patrick-mckenzie
on “What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap”Submitted The Million Dollar Question as a story · 342 points
HN discussionWell, that's a shame. You're a smart commentor on here and seem like a decent guy, so I'd enjoy you reading my site if there was value in it for you. Alas though, I can't take random delete requests because a point was controversial. I certainly overstepped my bounds with that post and publicly apologized, and also offered to Patrick - and him alone - that I'd take it down if he preferred. He didn't ask me to, so I…
Comment linking /lessons-learned-from-a-firestorm-of-controversy
on “Ask HN: What programming blogs do you read daily?”Submitted If you want to get rich, stop being a fucking joker as a story · 333 points
HN discussionhttp://www.sebastianmarshall.com/the-genius-and-tragedy-of-p... On the day you delete that post I'll consider reading your blog again. Until then not a chance.
Comment linking /the-genius-and-tragedy-of-patrick-mckenzie
on “Ask HN: What programming blogs do you read daily?”Submitted “We don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 per day.” as a story · 291 points
HN discussionpatio11: just to play devil's advocate here, you have posted in the past that you have never made more than $60k per year[1]. This prompted a much attacked post [2] that is actually sort of structurally similar to this one (how to get more money for engineers), but aimed at you specifically rather than others, which made it strange. Can I ask you the extent to which your points are field tested? Within the last 488…
Comment linking /the-genius-and-tragedy-of-patrick-mckenzie
on “Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More Valued”Submitted The Genius and Tragedy of Patrick McKenzie (patio11) as a story · 252 points
HN discussionI was reading Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, and he talks about being liberal and magnificent with money. I'm in Vietnam now, things are cheap-ish anyways, so I decided I'm make the transition towards doing that. I wrote up my first experiences here - http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/?p=161 Since then, it's been even more crazy. I was just trying to be gracious - I wasn't trying to bribe for favors like the author…
Comment linking /?p=161
on “Bribing maitre d' to skip the line”Submitted Conceding Defeat - The Internet is Stronger Than I Am as a story · 169 points
HN discussionI shouldn't have downvoted this. I apologize for that. This is something you believe in. Though, I think it's misguided. I think a lifetime of extreme suffering would be worth it, just for the rare moments when you feel truly blessed to be alive. In the hardest times of my own life, there's been a few memories that have pushed me forwards. One of them was walking outside of a friends house after a light rainstorm, a…
Comment linking /?p=205
on “An Awesome Book”Submitted How do I write so much, you ask? Well, glad you asked as a story · 155 points
HN discussionA great post summarizing this point is The Genius and Tragedy of Patrick McKenzie , by Sebastian Marshall (username lionhearted on HN): http://sebastianmarshall.com/the-genius-and-tragedy-of-patri...
Comment linking /the-genius-and-tragedy-of-patrick-mckenzie
on “Kalzumeus Software Year in Review 2014”Submitted How to Get a Raise as a story · 146 points
HN discussionIn the end you have to do it despite your feelings, but I like these 4 articles better than the average GTD ones: http://sebastianmarshall.com/community/51134
Comment linking /community/51134
on “Ask HN: Can't concentrate to focus, until it's last minute or later”Submitted The Knack for Getting Money as a story · 126 points
HN discussionOh wait, isn't this the patio11 stalker/back-handed compliment guy???? I couldn't find the link so maybe not... Wow, he's really on a roll with his Nov 17th post too: http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/an-open-letter-to-simon-and...
Comment linking /an-open-letter-to-simon-and-schuester-ceo-carolyn-reidy
on “If you want to get rich, stop being a fucking joker”Submitted "General Orders for Sentries" as an operations document as a story · 122 points
HN discussionThis guy sounds like an utter penis. http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/about
Comment linking /about
on “If you want to get rich, stop being a fucking joker”Submitted Honest People Might Be Dangerous as a story · 112 points
HN discussionHe's definitely not joking. Deluded? Maybe. See his latest work of art (posted today): http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/an-open-letter-to-simon-and... I'm at a complete loss for words.
Comment linking /an-open-letter-to-simon-and-schuester-ceo-carolyn-reidy
on “If you want to get rich, stop being a fucking joker”Submitted Okay. So what are you going to do about it? as a story · 111 points
HN discussionIt's very sad to see someone with such clear MH problems and no support in place. ( http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/an-open-letter-to-simon-and... )
Comment linking /an-open-letter-to-simon-and-schuester-ceo-carolyn-reidy
on “If you want to get rich, stop being a fucking joker”Submitted On Improving When Your Friends Aren’t as a story · 82 points
HN discussionhe's a complete egotist "Whenever I compared myself to people similar to me, it wasn’t even close. I worked more, accomplished more, produced more, did more meaningful things, was traveling the world. I read more books, did more writing, was generally healthier and more disciplined, spent my time well. I was the top 1% for my age, and even better than that if you measured me against people from similar backgrounds."…
Comment linking /the-weakest-of-the-great-men-of-all-time
on “If you want to get rich, stop being a fucking joker”Submitted What skills do you need to be an entrepreneur? Only two. as a story · 73 points
HN discussionthat guy is full of shit check out the REAL JOKER: http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/hey-you-yeah-you-you-can-be... In the comments section of this post, he mentions that he's going to finish the editing process of his book by 30 september Now check this post: http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/why-isnt-my-book-done He's a fucking joker!
Comment linking /why-isnt-my-book-done
on “If you want to get rich, stop being a fucking joker”Submitted Closing is for losers and benefits don't work? as a story · 68 points
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