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wllknjon Show HN: Bracket City – A daily, exploded (?) crossword puzzle

I heartily agree with this. Multiple times I have had to slog through multiple levels to get to where I already knew I was headed.

wllknjon I graduated into the dot com bust as a programmer and made it – you will too

This is just a personal anecdote. It is the very definition of survivorship bias.

wllknjon I asked my students to turn in their cell phones and write about it

The author is best known for complaining about modern education and having a low opinion of his students. The fact that he would respond to students not understanding the book he assigned by telling them their phones are the problem is unsurprising.

Here is a pretty good summary of his MO which apparently hasn't changed much since a few years ago. https://hookandeye.ca/2016/03/23/the-unbearable-privilege-of...