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Steve Coast
Personal blog · stevecoast.com · on HN as SteveCoastbusinessculture
Steve Coast's personal blog at stevecoast.com covers business and culture. Since 2012, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 26 times, most often “The World Will Only Get Weirder”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Posts by OpenStreetMap founder Steve Coast, who later worked at what3words and Telenav, on what3words, OpenStreetMap-based navigation and his OpenCompany essay. Commenters link them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Unfiltered thoughts from Steve Coast, OpenStreetMap founder, on why the world is getting weirder—and what’s next. Expect deep dives into tech, culture, maps, and human quirks, blending innovation, adventure, and curiosity for a global audience of thinkers. Click to read Steve Coast, a Substack publi
Most-linked posts?
- The World Will Only Get Weirder2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-03-30
- Using genetic algorithms to generate negative training data2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-03-14
- OpenStreetMap is now navigation-ready2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-05-19
What Hacker News says?
Exactly, and put better than I could. It appears that the simplicity of the explanation is itself a problem. Surely - all these chronic diseases can't be that simply explained? Dr. Wahls essentially claims carbs are the root cause of MS, which she cured in herself (with the corollary that carbs eliminate other nutrition). Dr. Fung claims it's the root cause of diabetes. Prof Seyfried claims it's the root cause of ca…
Comment linking /2015/03/27/the-world-will-only-get-weirder/
on “Gum disease–causing bacteria could spur Alzheimer’s”Submitted It’s Time to Make OpenStreetMap Your Only Street Map as a story · 525 points
HN discussionSteve Coast, OpenStreetMap founder and what3words employee on why what3words is a good thing: https://stevecoast.com/2016/03/25/why-i-like-what3words/
Comment linking /2016/03/25/why-i-like-what3words/
on “Nigeria has become the seventh country to adopt what3words for mail deliveries”Submitted OpenStreetMap is now navigation-ready as a story · 364 points
HN discussionSteve Coast the founder of OpenStreetMap who now works at Telnav also wrote about this on this on his homepage: http://stevecoast.com/2014/05/19/why-openstreetmap-is-now-na...
Comment linking /2014/05/19/why-openstreetmap-is-now-navigation-ready-for-people-like-you/
on “Telenav Takes On Google With New OpenStreetMap-Based Offline Navigation SDK”Submitted Cardboard economics as a story · 14 points
HN discussionHere's his blog post about it: http://stevecoast.com/2015/09/15/open-company/
Comment linking /2015/09/15/open-company/
on “OpenCompany by Steve Coast is hilarious capitalist cosplay (scroll down)”Submitted The World Will Only Get Weirder as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted OpenGeocoder.net - Project by Steve Coast as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The world will only get weirder (2015) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using genetic algorithms to generate negative training data as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Amazon’s Phone Failure as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The world will only get weirder as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Surface Phone as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Platform as a Service as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Amazon is Winning as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building Streetview rigs with iPhones and 3D printing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Simplify your Messaging as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using Genetic Algorithms to Generate Negative Training Data as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted BlogContactOSM Stats OpenStreetMap Stats Kickstarter as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why you should be using BrowserLocation to get your users location as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tesla Maps and the exploding future of map data as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open Reverse IP as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Auth0 and the new pay to play | Steve Coast as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ukrainian Maps (and the lies they tell) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted EBay Intellectual Property Enforcement as a story · 1 points
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