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Vegard Skjefstad
Personal blog · vegard.nethardwareaiculture
Vegard Skjefstad's personal blog at vegard.net covers hardware, ai and culture. Since 2010, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link vegard.net posts on tech platforms and policy, including Google and Apple app store rules that removed Mastodon apps, Amazon, Google helping the Pentagon with killer drones, and keyboard reviews.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The virtual home of Vegard Skjefstad
What Hacker News says?
Would you expect someone selling a product to give an accurate review? They have a conflict of interest. Give me a review from someone who does not have a conflict of interest. I'll show you what I'm looking for: https://labs.tomasino.org/mechanical-keyboards/ https://www.paritybit.ca/blog/vortex-vibe-keyboard https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Mechanical_keyboards https://www.vegard.net/the-ultimate-keyboard-part-…
Comment linking /the-ultimate-keyboard-part-2-switches/
on “The web starts on page four”Submitted One-liners as a story · 6 points
HN discussionYou mean killer drones https://www.vegard.net/google-helps-pentagon-train-killer-dr...
Comment linking /google-helps-pentagon-train-killer-drones/
on “MapTCHA, the open-source CAPTCHA that improves OpenStreetMap [video]”Submitted Beware of the Camera Phones (2004) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionUntil the Big Tech giants (Google and Apple) came along and demanded them to comply with their App Store policies or face removal. [0] You can now see who really runs things here. [0] https://www.vegard.net/google-bans-mastodon-apps/
Comment linking /google-bans-mastodon-apps/
on “Fediverse: @realDonalTrump's account on Mastodon.social”Submitted 3 Weeks With Windows Phone 7.5 as a story · 2 points
HN discussion- what is your problem with amazon? https://www.vegard.net/good-bye-amazon/
Comment linking /good-bye-amazon/
on “The Red Strings Club”Submitted The Red Strings Club as a story · 1 points
HN discussion