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Will Brownsberger
Personal blog · willbrownsberger.compoliticsscience
Will Brownsberger's personal blog at willbrownsberger.com covers politics and science. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
A Massachusetts state senator's blog on his heat pump installation and on policy topics. HN comments discuss his heat pump post and link a post on the UK under-16 social media ban.
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.
What Hacker News says?
Elsewhere he says that his heat pumps are two Daikin RJQ18TAVJUA: https://ashp.neep.org/#!/product/56878/7/25000///0 . Much of the other information is probably available elsewhere on his site: https://willbrownsberger.com/heat-pumps/ As I mention in another comment, I think the base of the problem is that the heat pumps he has installed are simply inappropriate for his climate.
Comment linking /heat-pumps/
on “Heat pump disappointment for climate-minded Massachusetts state senator”Submitted Heat pump disappointment for climate-minded Massachusetts state senator as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> I do not fault the particular pump that we bought or our installers who were careful and professional. I feel like the author may be letting the installers off too easily here. It seems like there are two main possibilities: either no one understands how heat pumps actually work in the real world and none of them meet their claimed efficiencies (possible, but in my estimation not that likely) or the heat pumps he…
Comment linking /our-heat-pump-experience/
on “Heat pump disappointment for climate-minded Massachusetts state senator”Your (the people’s) preferences are largely irrelevant here. https://willbrownsberger.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Gile...
Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Gilens-Page-graphs.pdf
on “The UK's New Under-16 Social Media Ban Will Cause More Harm Than It Prevents”