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Re:Bob Cringely Has Died on Sunday October 04, 2026 @01:49AM (#49951043)
thanks for posting <3 this is great
Re:Ask HN: Oh, What Places to Go (Seriously Tho) on Saturday April 25, 2026 @08:53PM (#47906264)
I know the author of the Martian published that story first on his website, but I don’t really know the layout / or what “first publication rights” be or entail. I have to do my research - and yes, I never have used AI writing any of them so I’m kinda scrambling now to find a way to do this before it can. thank you
Re:Ask HN: Oh, What Places to Go (Seriously Tho) on Saturday April 25, 2026 @08:44PM (#47906206)
lol — it’s true tho. Many great websites, but on HN, you never know what you’re going to find
Re:Ask HN: Oh, What Places to Go (Seriously Tho) on Saturday April 25, 2026 @08:43PM (#47906199)
:D Thanks so much / really appreciate it. I’ve video’d like 30 short stories on and off but usually just testing out different social medias and I don’t really know the “PMF” for someone doing 5-10 minute short stories.

Think I will definitely start with substack. Was thinking maybe Patreon but I’m not huge on social medias in general so seeking to find where to go — super appreciate it <333

Ask HN: Oh, What Places to Go (Seriously Tho)

Hey HN — will start by saying this website is my most fav website — ever.That said — will get to the point.If you had written 1001 short stories, how would you go about marketing / getting your work out there?- literary agent? - build a website? - stream it on social media? (if so, which socials?)Have written a lot of mostly fun short stories, but I don’t know how to go about “publishing” so to...

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Re:Jane Street's Figgie card game on Sunday February 16, 2025 @02:43AM (#43066171)
what do you think he got wrong (in general or particularly) ??

not saying it was my favorite book but i did enjoy michael lewis’ description of the card game & such

Re:Jane Street's Figgie card game on Saturday February 15, 2025 @05:27PM (#43063061)
just curious , if anyone knows —

is this the same game played by FTX sam in that Michael Lewis crypto biopic ??

Re:Ask HN: What's your top-tier reading with well-written humor? on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @05:16PM (#42639067)
I just started posting a “humor” short story series i’m doing almost daily on tiktok and soon substack —

https://www.tiktok.com/@blondynwrites

It’s titled — Big City, Short Story

Not saying it’s top-tier by any means but the writing style is designed to be funny, while being satire, in a ‘Pop Art’ / Almost Dr. Seussian sense.

Re:Ask HN: When Social Network? on Sunday October 20, 2024 @01:42PM (#41897087)
Don’t know anything about YC’s business model or the direction they want to grow.

But the community is very thoughtful & already here. I think a HN SM App, whether part of their present business plan or not would have some mass appeal.

Just probably isn’t something they necessarily want to do

Ask HN: When Social Network?

Hey!Been a big fan of this website since around 2014 &amp; it’s obviously really great / probs actual realistically fav website on the planetAnd know some aspect of it wouldn’t be the same — but there’s such a community here — why don’t dang &amp; team at least whip-up / offer a HN SM App ??Super appreciate the lowkey nature of this hypertext, and tbh get sick amidst more than 30 seconds on...

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i <33 mi CDs , especially in z car
Re:Just use fucking paper, man on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:04PM (#41371524)
I use Apple Notes but it drives me sooo crazy that you can’t left/right swipe between Notes

How is that even possible

Re:Ask HN: Tips to get started on my own server on Monday March 25, 2024 @10:07PM (#39823599)
For sure !! ^-^ Happy to be able to help.

Definitely e-mail him if you have questions —

think he really enjoys the Hacker News crowd & is always game to be of service

Re:Ask HN: Tips to get started on my own server on Monday March 25, 2024 @10:38AM (#39816884)
Derek Sivers — Tech Independence

https://sive.rs/ti

Also what’s kinda cool is he encourages e-mailing him / reaching out . He’s pretty great

Re:How Miles Davis Hired John Coltrane on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @09:01PM (#39686856)
essence of this comment —-

the singular reason me love HN

Re:Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform on Friday February 23, 2024 @11:28PM (#39489117)
maybs explore crypto twitter (if u’d like to) 10-12 peeps sharing wud probs be like HN being exclusive “tech posts”

iykyk

Re:Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform on Friday February 23, 2024 @11:25PM (#39489105)
- e-mail address / pfp
Re:Scuttlebutt social network: a decentralised platform on Friday February 23, 2024 @03:41PM (#39485825)
i just want a HN social network :33
i like her writing a lot / one amongst z few bloggers who’s posts me like to read (beyond fred / paul , etc

good writer

Re:Flaubert versus the World on Sunday January 14, 2024 @10:08PM (#38997039)
thank you for the translation tip

i <33 stephen mitchel’s tao te ching [1] & ever since have much appreciated a great translation pro tip

[1] https://ia800904.us.archive.org/20/items/taoteching-Stephen-...

Re:Flaubert versus the World on Sunday January 14, 2024 @10:06PM (#38997029)
thanks soo much :D

will probs check out mme bovary tn if i can get a pdf

Re:Flaubert versus the World on Sunday January 14, 2024 @01:51PM (#38993219)
is there a great collection of his letters in a book you’d recommend?

i love Jack Kerouac’s “Windblown World” (an awesome collection of his journals / letters / notes on writing) & would highly recommend if you’re a fan

haven’t really explored Flaubert & am curious about where’d be a good place to start

i have no idea if they understand public key cryptography but think they probably could hire someone who does

think a general (perhaps mythos) belief is that hal finney is satoshi so

in essence, there are definitely blockchain detectives

I read on twitter a theory about this having to do with a Satoshi doxxing event [1]

[1]

https://x.com/attorneyjeremy1/status/1743842422285562336?s=2...

probably “copyright” + advertising. thanks to OP for sharing !!
Re:Ask HN: iPhone Low Power Mode, or No? on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:56PM (#37786974)
ty
Re:Ask HN: iPhone Low Power Mode, or No? on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:55PM (#37786971)
agreed / the phone doesn’t work as magnificent in low power mode

think the main takeaway i get out of reading all of these as of rn is keep phone cool & it will be more healthy

:33

Re:Ask HN: iPhone Low Power Mode, or No? on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:52PM (#37786958)
but ty for all aspect of protips
Re:Ask HN: iPhone Low Power Mode, or No? on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:51PM (#37786952)
def recognized the UX on low power (even / especially swiping) is way less smooth (iPhone 13 pro max

not worried about UX / just watching that “battery health” slowly trickling away & not happy

Re:Ask HN: iPhone Low Power Mode, or No? on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:47PM (#37786932)
:33

feel like “keep the battery cool” is the theme

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