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Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge
Personal blog · simplicius76.substack.compoliticseconomics
Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge is a personal blog at simplicius76.substack.com about politics and economics. Since 2023, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Substack for commentary and analysis of the Russia-Ukraine war, including tanks, drones and nuclear weapons, plus some economics. Commenters use its posts as sources and disagree about its reliability.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Conflict analysis, geopolitical commentary, with a side of culture & politics.
What Hacker News says?
2024 paper (40 pages) by Stephen Miran, current chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, which has influenced tariff policy, https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/rese... The root of the economic imbalances lies in persistent dollar overvaluation that prevents the balancing of international trade, and this overvaluation is driven by inelastic demand for reserve assets. As global GDP grows, it bec…
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on “Trump's Tariffs Wipe Out over $6T on Wall Street in Epic Two-Day Rout”Submitted Can Russia overcome NATO's satellite advantage in Ukraine? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionProblem is that munitions carried by drones are much weaker than artillery shells - more like grenades. On this page is a turtle tank that took 60 drone attacks to disable. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/western-analysts-find-li... Russians are able to retrieve 80% of disabled armored vehicles to repair them. A tank does not even notice cluster bombs - this type of bomb is effective against infantry and civilia…
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on “Marines now have an official drone-fighting handbook”Submitted The US Empire is going supernova as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttps://simplicius76.substack.com/ is in the top 10 subscribed substacks. He posts videos supporting points he makes, and you can find drones attacks. His analysis and predictions are more accurate than pro-Ukrainian pundits, and draws on information from within Ukraine (speeches at the Rada, Ukrainian commander interviews, posts) and Russia.
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on “Marines now have an official drone-fighting handbook”Submitted Israel and America's Growing Zugzwang as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHow long will it need to be pointed out that monopolies and platforms are evil ? Also, linked from the comments there, an earlier example : Substack + Stripe : https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/year-of-troubles-the-hat... P.S.: it's a shame they fail to make the right conclusions : if anything, Musk's "everything app" is going to be even worse than we have now, for the same reasons.
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on “Google Demands That We Censor Our Content”Submitted Russia's CBDC – Exploring the Truth of Russia's Central Bank as a story · 1 points
HN discussion> So .. what is it .. they're fielding junk because they have no new stuff, or they're fielding new stuff, and its effective? They have limited new stuff and they are fielding literally mad max'esuqe technicals. > Keep in mind, the Russians are quite capable of replacing every tank lost .. And yet russia is fielding T55's/T54's and T62's. > https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/analysis-of-ukraines-esc ... I cannot ta…
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on “F-35A Has Flown from a Highway for the First Time”Submitted The Hegemon Begins to Unravel as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSo .. what is it .. they're fielding junk because they have no new stuff, or they're fielding new stuff, and its effective? Keep in mind, the Russians are quite capable of replacing every tank lost .. https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/analysis-of-ukraines-esc...
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on “F-35A Has Flown from a Highway for the First Time”Submitted Anatomy of a Storm Shadow [stealth cruise missile] Intercept as a story · 1 points
HN discussion"The important part is that there is no scientific basis for Russia fielding old T-62/T-55s and in fact Russia is verifiably fielding three times more T-90Ms than before." https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/analysis-of-ukraines-esc... The doctrine you are looking for is propaganda...
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on “F-35A Has Flown from a Highway for the First Time”Your mileage my vary: Anatomy of MIM-104 Patriot Destruction + Primer on Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/anatomy-of-mim-104-patri...
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on “Russia’s Nukes Probably Don’t Work – Here’s Why”> https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-10423-the-beginni ... Ah yes, why wouldn't I believe a Russian propagandist about whats happening in Ukraine. That would totally be an unbiased source based in reality and not trying to push a narrative in anyway shape or form.
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on “Ask HN: How close are we to a World War situation?”ah, yesss ... thank you. down-voting a comment on the internet you don't like makes reality go away. "The Beginning of a Long Fall for Ukraine" * https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-10423-the-beginni...
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on “Ask HN: How close are we to a World War situation?”
