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How to increase your luck surface area (2010)
"Luck Surface Area" is a turn of phrase that popped out my mouth during a discussion episode of TechZing a few months back and is something I've been meaning to write about ever since but never got around to actually doing. However, thanks to Lance Jones who referenced the concept in a recent blog post I have finally…
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Career & ManagementLife, Learning & Writing2021
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2021 | How to increase your luck surface area (2010) by deadcoder0904 | 353 | 200 |
| Oct 7, 2011 | Luck = D * T, where D is doing and T is telling others. by pajju | 54 | 14 |
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Linked from 36 Hacker News comments by 32 different people, from Nov 2010 to May 2026.
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