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Hacker News Podcast is back
- sneak 14y agoIs this run/authorized/curated by YC/pg et al or are you just hijacking the brand name to promote a third-party podcast?
- mmahemoff 14y agoIt's unauthorized/unofficial. We could possibly make that clear in the /about page, though I think people are probably used to it from the many HN* projects around. The show is certainly aiming to be based around HN though, not just a general tech show riding on HN's name. Guests are HN regulars and stories are those popular on HN.
- 27182818284 14y agoI automatically assume "Hacker News"-related is not sanctioned / 3rd party. If it had Y-Combinator somewhere in its name I think that would be a bigger problem.
- orta 14y agoJudging by the about section, I'd go with they aren't authorised.
- iamdann 14y agoWhile not run/authorized/curated by YC, there was a community-wide discussion about the want/need for a podcast of this sort, and the community seemed to answer with a resounding "yes." Hijacking is the wrong word, it's a podcast about HN, so the name is simply relevant. Although I guess they could be more clear about the "no affiliation" thing.
- laserDinosaur 14y agoYeeesh, yeah definitely put on an "unofficial" tag. Just because the stackoverflow community wants a podcast, I'm thinking this would be akin to stealing their name and starting "The stackoverflow podcast".
- mmahemoff 14y agoSure, I'll ask Alex (the original HNpodder) to make it clear. Also, the title of the podcast is HNpod and certainly no "the" in it. So it would be more like "SOPod" than "The StackOveflow Podcst".
- laserDinosaur 14y agoAs someone just coming across this now, the HNpod sounds fine. If I heard that I don't think I would assume it's official in any way.
- mrschwabe 14y agoGreat to see (hear) the show is back! Even though there were only 3 shows in April, it had already become among my favorites.
- AlexMuir 14y agoI'm delighted that Mike's carrying this forward - it's a lot more effort than it seems. I'm without a stable internet connection at the moment - travelling a lot and about to start renovating a house in rural France. Trying to juggle three guests and a shaky connection is just too much.
- JayNeely 14y agoGood show; please expand the show notes. Would love to see links to everything mentioned.
- mmahemoff 14y agoShownotes are a good thing, will do my best. Knowing the time commitment to podcasts, I'm gradually working with a virtual assistant to outsource as much as possible, in order to make the show sustainable. There's a training overhead there which means it will be a few weeks before we can realistically do something like this.
- nichodges 14y agoGreat to hear it's back, I've been missing it on my drives into work.
- mey 14y agoHad just unsubscribed to this, guess I'm adding it back in.
- dionidium 14y agoRandom comment about the laughter at the ~2:30 mark: I am a developer, but I am not a gamer. We are few, but we exist.
- pbiggar 14y agoOh, I think I said that. I think its probably 99% accurate, and I find it's easier to speak in absolutes, rather than ruin something with disclaimers, esp. on something like a podcast.