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I find it surprising that Ken Shirriff's blog[1] didn't make it to the top 5000. Does it not count as a blog? Looks like it's explicitly excluded[2]. [1] htt

I find it surprising that Ken Shirriff's blog[1] didn't make it to the top 5000. Does it not count as a blog? Looks like it's explicitly excluded[2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=righto.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=righto.com [2] https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/blob/d32ad80a75eba34830b5b572e374330e273c57b2/data/excludes.txt#L940 https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/blob/d...

kens 2y ago
That's weird that I'm excluded. Thanks for watching out for me :-) Hypotheses: 1. it's an error. 2. I have powerful enemies. 3. Someone from the future is trying to stop me. 4. My blog triggered the FDIV bug and needed to be excluded.
- winwang 2y ago
  5. steganographic subliminal messaging :P
- raphlinus 2y ago
  There are a lot of odd exclusions on that list. Just spot-checking, I see blog.plover.com, the blog of Mark Jason Dominus, who by the way is looking for a job[1]. Also, dtrace.org is excluded, which hosts four individual blogs that surely should qualify. [1]: https://mastodon.online/@mjd@mathstodon.xyz/114223189504272175 https://mastodon.online/@mjd@mathstodon.xyz/1142231895042721...
  - mtlynch 2y ago
    >I see blog.plover.com, the blog of Mark Jason Dominus, who by the way is looking for a job Whoops, that was a mistake. Fixed now: https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/pull/23 https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/pull/2... >Also, dtrace.org is excluded, which hosts four individual blogs that surely should qualify. I didn't realize the authors were on distinguishable URLs, so I've now added them back and canonicalized them to their new subdomain URLs.
    - mjd 2y ago
      It would have been funnier if you had claimed to have excluded me because of some shadowy conspiracy, or because of the rumors that I am a cannibal. But thanks for fixing.
  - mjd 2y ago
    Thanks so much for this! I checked last night, was stunned that my blog wasn't there, and went to bed sad and puzzled. This morning I am jolly and cheerful. Thanks again!
- eichin 2y ago
  3a. Twist - given what you analyze, this time it's a time traveller from the past that needs to stop you :)
  - TeMPOraL 2y ago
    3b. it's SERN that has a beef with them.
mtlynch 2y ago
Author here. That was an error. I think what happened was that I was going through the list of domains and assumed that "righto.com" would be too valuable a domain name for a personal blog and excluded it without checking. Sorry about that! Ken is #8 of all-time now.
- kens 2y ago
  Thanks! Not to complain, but you spelled my name wrong :-)
  - mtlynch 2y ago
    D'oh! Fixed now. https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/pull/22 https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/pull/2... Sorry again!

kens 2y ago

That's weird that I'm excluded. Thanks for watching out for me :-) Hypotheses: 1. it's an error. 2. I have powerful enemies. 3. Someone from the future is trying to stop me. 4. My blog triggered the FDIV bug and needed to be excluded.

winwang 2y ago
5. steganographic subliminal messaging :P
raphlinus 2y ago
There are a lot of odd exclusions on that list. Just spot-checking, I see blog.plover.com, the blog of Mark Jason Dominus, who by the way is looking for a job[1]. Also, dtrace.org is excluded, which hosts four individual blogs that surely should qualify. [1]: https://mastodon.online/@mjd@mathstodon.xyz/114223189504272175 https://mastodon.online/@mjd@mathstodon.xyz/1142231895042721...
- mtlynch 2y ago
  >I see blog.plover.com, the blog of Mark Jason Dominus, who by the way is looking for a job Whoops, that was a mistake. Fixed now: https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/pull/23 https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/pull/2... >Also, dtrace.org is excluded, which hosts four individual blogs that surely should qualify. I didn't realize the authors were on distinguishable URLs, so I've now added them back and canonicalized them to their new subdomain URLs.
  - mjd 2y ago
    It would have been funnier if you had claimed to have excluded me because of some shadowy conspiracy, or because of the rumors that I am a cannibal. But thanks for fixing.
- mjd 2y ago
  Thanks so much for this! I checked last night, was stunned that my blog wasn't there, and went to bed sad and puzzled. This morning I am jolly and cheerful. Thanks again!
eichin 2y ago
3a. Twist - given what you analyze, this time it's a time traveller from the past that needs to stop you :)
- TeMPOraL 2y ago
  3b. it's SERN that has a beef with them.

mtlynch 2y ago

Author here. That was an error. I think what happened was that I was going through the list of domains and assumed that "righto.com" would be too valuable a domain name for a personal blog and excluded it without checking. Sorry about that! Ken is #8 of all-time now.

kens 2y ago
Thanks! Not to complain, but you spelled my name wrong :-)
- mtlynch 2y ago
  D'oh! Fixed now. https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/pull/22 https://github.com/mtlynch/hn-popularity-contest-data/pull/2... Sorry again!