I completely agree with you and in no way am being disparaging or taking away from the myriad other ways Patrick has contributed to HN. Even Patrick - in this

I completely agree with you and in no way am being disparaging or taking away from the myriad other ways Patrick has contributed to HN. Even Patrick - in this essay - says "I’ve been probably best known for running a teeny tiny little business called Bingo Card Creator." It's just amazing that a $31k/yr biz is instantly recognizable by name amongst most of the dedicated HNers as part of our mythology. I love it, Patrick is one of the people that's always made HN feel like a small / cohesive community even though its footprint is huge.