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williamha.com
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williamha.com is a personal blog at williamha.com about career and programming. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 56 times, most often “Economics of Software Development v. The Practice of Law”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked post is about The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, a self-help book with Buddhist roots. The only comment questions whether the book suits Hacker News rather than judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Economics of Software Development v. The Practice of Law2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-05-13
What Hacker News says?
I went to go have lunch with a friend on a Westside, coming from Burbank (20 miles), and the roundtrip took me close to 3 hours. LA is a strange place in that way. The other day, I overheard someone, who is 'non-minority', tell someone else that they took public transit (bus) to work. The other person was slightly dumbfounded, wondering why anyone would subject themselves to that. I really do want to see a more bike…
Comment linking /bike-commuting-to-work-in-los-angeles/
on “The time is right to re-examine the L.A. freeway”Submitted Bike Commuting to Work in Los Angeles as a story · 92 points
HN discussionI'm sorry but how is this relevant? How does this interest a hacker? I am of the opinion that this submission does not belong on the frontpage of Hacker News. The submission guideline says: "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." The title of the submission satisfies this claim. For me -- and reading the comments for others as well -- that's where it stops. My issue is with the content. The book is s…
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on “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Book Rooted in Buddhism?”Submitted How to Earn an Elite Law Degree in the United States for $28k as a story · 52 points
HN discussionAs a lawyer turned programmer, I've written a bit about this here: http://www.williamha.com/economics-of-software-development-v... I also did an interview on Above the Law about how some people in the legal profession may be better off in software: http://abovethelaw.com/2015/06/should-you-leave-law-and-lear... And for the record, the majority of new lawyers in the United States are paid as much if not less than an…
Comment linking /economics-of-software-development-v-the-practice-of-law-a-rough-look/
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