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Blog posts and Substacks that got recommended

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  1. 1351
    Is Norway the New East India Company?
    branko2f7.substack.com2021–20241 submissionHN thread
    173 pts
    161 cmts
    1 person
  2. 1352
    What we can learn from the latest indoor dining study
    zeynep.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    173 pts
    106 cmts
    4 people
  3. 1353
    My search for a MacBook Pro alternative
    medium.com2016–20173 submissionsHN thread
    172 pts
    190 cmts
  4. 1354
    Neuroscientist Larry Cahill on the ‘neurosexism’ debate
    medium.com20192 submissionsHN thread
    171 pts
    224 cmts
  5. 1355
    New numbers on music consumption
    tedgioia.substack.com20223 submissionsHN thread
    171 pts
    203 cmts
  6. 1356
    The great Hobby Lobby artifact heist
    meghanboilard.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    171 pts
    201 cmts
  7. 1357
    The singularity is close?
    mkaic.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    170 pts
    666 cmts
  8. 1358
    Why a Dutch court stopped high school students from swapping schools (2017)
    medium.com2017–20201 submissionHN thread
    170 pts
    222 cmts
    2 people
  9. 1359
    Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Death of the Internet (2021)
    madattheinternet.substack.com2022–20243 submissionsHN thread
    170 pts
    192 cmts
    1 person
  10. 1360
    Centralization is inevitable, but decentralization is right behind it
    subconscious.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    170 pts
    154 cmts
    1 person
  11. 1361
    An experienced Javascript developer’s account of learning React
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    170 pts
    153 cmts
    1 person
  12. 1362
    Burrito Now, Pay Later
    enterprisevalue.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    169 pts
    351 cmts
  13. 1363
    The Agony of Eros: Dating
    ava.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    169 pts
    258 cmts
  14. 1364
    What is WebAssembly? (2015)
    medium.com2015–20269 submissionsHN thread
    169 pts
    68 cmts
    4 people
  15. 1365
    Static Type Checking in Common Lisp
    medium.com2019–20234 submissionsHN thread
    169 pts
    65 cmts
    3 people
  16. 1366
    The World Happiness Report is beset with methodological problems
    yaschamounk.substack.com20252 submissionsHN thread
    168 pts
    211 cmts
  17. 1367
    I tricked myself into working out 3 times per week
    happychasing.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    168 pts
    166 cmts
  18. 1368
    The Logic of Risk Taking
    medium.com2017–20255 submissionsHN thread
    168 pts
    74 cmts
    9 people
  19. 1369
    The Sixth Stage of Grief Is Retro-Computing (2014)
    medium.com2014–20207 submissionsHN thread
    168 pts
    30 cmts
    5 people
  20. 1370
    Formal Methods in Practice: Using TLA+ at ESpark
    medium.com2017–20228 submissionsHN thread
    168 pts
    19 cmts
    3 people
  21. 1371
    Why Kotlin is my next programming language (2015)
    medium.com2015–20166 submissionsHN thread
    167 pts
    192 cmts
    3 people
  22. 1372
    What SSH Hacking Attempts Look Like
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    167 pts
    179 cmts
  23. 1373
    NYC tech catching up to Silicon Valley, while Seattle flails
    medium.com20162 submissionsHN thread
    167 pts
    159 cmts
  24. 1374
    Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illness in teen girls
    jonathanhaidt.substack.com2023–20241 submissionHN thread
    167 pts
    53 cmts
    21 people
  25. 1375
    Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now
    medium.com20203 submissionsHN thread
    167 pts
    13 cmts
    35 people
  26. 1376
    Farewell Node.js - TJ Holowaychuk
    medium.com2014–20212 submissionsHN thread
    167 pts
    7 cmts
    6 people
  27. 1377
    I’m a public school teacher – the kids aren’t alright
    bariweiss.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    166 pts
    247 cmts
  28. 1378
    I don’t belong in tech
    medium.com20163 submissionsHN thread
    166 pts
    191 cmts
  29. 1379
    Energy Saved, Sleep Lost: The Unintended Consequences of LED Lighting
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    166 pts
    177 cmts
  30. 1380
    Zillow just gave us a look at machine learning's future
    vinvashishta.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    166 pts
    176 cmts
    1 person
  31. 1381
    What the Hell Is a Deno?
    breadth.substack.com20201 submissionHN thread
    166 pts
    146 cmts
  32. 1382
    Heroin addicts often seem normal
    justismills.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    165 pts
    239 cmts
  33. 1383
    Everything will be alright in Iceland
    memoirsandrambles.substack.com20243 submissionsHN thread
    165 pts
    171 cmts
  34. 1384
    Good Samaritan Backfire
    medium.com20142 submissionsHN thread
    165 pts
    130 cmts
    3 people
  35. 1385
    Why Should We Support the Idea of an Unconditional Basic Income?
    medium.com2014–20183 submissionsHN thread
    164 pts
    212 cmts
    1 person
  36. 1386
    Yelp Fired a Single Mother Today: Me
    medium.com20164 submissionsHN thread
    164 pts
    155 cmts
  37. 1387
    Fuck Your Miracle Year
    rogersbacon.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    163 pts
    160 cmts
  38. 1388
    The Secret Apple M1 Coprocessor
    medium.com2021–20232 submissionsHN thread
    163 pts
    104 cmts
    5 people
  39. 1389
    Berkeley Researchers Replicate DeepSeek R1's Core Tech for Just $30: A Small Mod
    xyzlabs.substack.com20251 submissionHN thread
    163 pts
    66 cmts
    4 people
  40. 1390
    In defense of coding interviews
    biggestfish.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    162 pts
    381 cmts
    1 person
  41. 1391
    The impossibility of intelligence explosion
    medium.com2017–20245 submissionsHN thread
    162 pts
    206 cmts
    5 people
  42. 1392
    The Greedy Doctor Problem
    universalprior.substack.com20211 submissionHN thread
    162 pts
    170 cmts
  43. 1393
    The Poor ROI of Autonomy (2020)
    medium.com2020–20223 submissionsHN thread
    162 pts
    154 cmts
    1 person
  44. 1394
    Online shopping in Africa doesn’t work because of shipping and billing forms
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    162 pts
    145 cmts
  45. 1395
    Playing with my son (2014)
    medium.com2014–202510 submissionsHN thread
    162 pts
    90 cmts
    6 people
  46. 1396
    Class Bullshitters
    atis.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    161 pts
    248 cmts
  47. 1397
    Break Up The Elite College Seats Cartel
    sahajsharda.substack.com20221 submissionHN thread
    161 pts
    228 cmts
  48. 1398
    On 17th century "cocaine"
    resobscura.substack.com20241 submissionHN thread
    161 pts
    209 cmts
  49. 1399
    The Rise and Fall of the Manufactured Home – Part I
    constructionphysics.substack.com20222 submissionsHN thread
    161 pts
    174 cmts
    1 person
  50. 1400
    Elo sucks – better multiplayer rating systems for smaller games (2019)
    medium.com20201 submissionHN thread
    161 pts
    155 cmts