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Your comment reminded me of cperciva's thread where he introduced Tarsnap - at one point someone challenged him about his braggadocio - https://news.ycombinator
by jaggederest 10y ago
Your comment reminded me of cperciva's thread where he introduced Tarsnap - at one point someone challenged him about his braggadocio - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
Also, it's neat to see Drew Houston comment in that thread, who as far as I know didn't win the Putnam, with ~ a billion net worth, and cperciva still working away in relative obscurity.
- cperciva 10y ago"Relative obscurity" is a matter of perspective. Within my fields, I'm far better known than Drew. And that's the key difference here -- we have both been very successful in doing what we want to do. We just want to do different things, that's all.
- jaggederest 10y agoI'm not trying to throw any shade on you, it's just one of the most memorable threads in HN history in my opinion and interesting to look back at. Cheers!
- cperciva 10y agoI doubt I'll ever get an opportunity for such a comeback again. But I do regret that I let my irritation at ivankirigin suggesting that I had a 90% probability of failure carry me away in that thread. I hope I've kept my patience better on HN over the past 8 years.