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Personal blog · tnl.net/blog · on HN as tristan_louisaibusinesseconomics

tnl.net is a personal blog at tnl.net about ai, business and economics. Since 2007, 24 different Hacker News readers have linked it 82 times, most often “AI’s Biggest Threat: AI Hype”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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82mentions?
24HN people?
2007–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 42 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link tnl.net posts on whether 100-year domain renewals are legal and on GroupOn's revenue per user, plus the site's 'who' page. The comments only cite or link these posts, without judging the writing.

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.

The author on HN?

tristan_louis · 384 karma · member since 2011

It's all at http://www.tnl.net

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. AI’s Biggest Threat: AI Hype
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-17
  2. The computer is no longer personal
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-09
  3. Ten ways in which startups are like movies
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-11-02
  4. How much is a user worth?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-08-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. Some thoughts on Network Solutions' 100 year offer: The 100 year domain: legal or not? https://www.tnl.net/blog/2004/03/23/the-100-year-domain-lega... 100-Year Domain Renewals? https://yro.slashdot.org/story/04/03/23/0235244/100-year-dom...

    Comment linking /blog/2004/03/23/the-100-year-domain-legal-or-not/

    on “Why I Voted to Sell .ORG”
  2. Submitted Legal streams are less available for rentals than a year ago as a story · 46 points

    HN discussion
  3. http://www.tnl.net/who/

    Comment linking /who/

    on “Ask HN: How has your life changed after selling your startup?”
  4. Submitted Your product sucks... and why that's OK as a story · 42 points

    HN discussion
  5. Here's an explanation of why you pay so much: http://www.tnl.net/blog/2011/11/06/live-tv-streams-challenge...

    Comment linking /blog/2011/11/06/live-tv-streams-challenges/

    on “Is it OK to steal “Downton Abbey”?”
  6. Submitted Beware of blind elitism as a story · 38 points

    HN discussion
  7. So what makes the valley the epicenter of tech: talent and the ability to attract more talent (at the end of the day, that's what makes a place the epicenter of anything). On the first, the valley does have an advantage today. On the second point, that's changing, thus creating a potential issue. That's addressed in this entry ( http://www.tnl.net/blog/2011/01/08/silicon-valley-vs-new-yor... ) : There is also a vir­…

    Comment linking /blog/2011/01/08/silicon-valley-vs-new-york-talent/

    on “New York City to displace Silicon Valley”
  8. Submitted Why Apple should acquire Nokia as a story · 34 points

    HN discussion
  9. 1) ... and living in the valley isn't expensive. 2) ... and Google and Facebook are not doing this. 3) ... and that's why VCs like Fred Wilson continuously call for the city to attract and help develop more engineering talent. 4) That was true a decade ago. It's now changing. 5) If you're doing a startup to get laid, you've got the wrong priorities. BTW, all the points you make are mostly refuted in part on talent (…

    Comment linking /blog/2011/01/08/silicon-valley-vs-new-york-talent/

    on “New York City to displace Silicon Valley”
  10. Submitted Microsoft is starting to pivot as a story · 26 points

    HN discussion
  11. I submitted the article and must add that the data in it is rather unbelievable. A different article has GroupOn's Average Revenue per User at 8.6 USD http://www.tnl.net/blog/2011/07/24/how-much-is-a-user-worth/ . One more article has the average revenue/subscriber at 9$ http://www.dmnews.com/groupons-q2-revenue-rises-but-net-inco... This is still 4 times more than LinkedIn's average Revenue per User. Where as Linke…

    Comment linking /blog/2011/07/24/how-much-is-a-user-worth/

    on “GroupOn: a license to print money”
  12. Submitted Comparing Facebook's IPO to Google's as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted New York City to displace Silicon Valley as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted This is why online video piracy happens as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted The devil is in the details as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Is your info in PRISM? Here's how to get to it as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Why Windows Phone could beat Android as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Interop: the future of CE hardware as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Can Apple follow through on its FaceTime promise as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted I killed the Internet as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Is an Apple monopoly lawsuit inevitable? as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Google is the new Microsoft as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Why antitrust lawsuits fail as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted When software kills as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted When live broadcast isn't as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted If the founding fathers had used Twitter as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted Zuckerberg as Scrooge as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted Winners and Losers in Apple/Samsung case as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted Missing Steve Jobs as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted The end of online monopolies as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion

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