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		ervvynlwwe on Oct 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Increasing Your Luck Surface Area and Yes, the Big... "One of benefits of publishing something on the web is that if it's the right kind of post and if it catches some wind, it can greatly increase your luck surface area." Nice opening sentence, but the article doesn't really hook you, as I got three paragraphs in, and didn't understand where this 'luck surface area' was going. I got the sense it was just some naval-gazing discussion of getting blog posts to appear on Hacker News, so I just stopped reading.

mortenjorck on Oct 2, 2011 | [–]

The article is short on substance, but I really like the concept of the luck surface area. The author does appear to be the coiner of the term (top hit on Google: http://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surf...).

alexhaefner on Oct 2, 2011 | [–]

I read it twice because I thought I missed something. Nope.

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