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This is the only HN comment I have bookmarked: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7932261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7932261

mewm 10y ago
Am I stupid if I don't understand that post?
- coherentpony 10y ago
  No, there's zero context.
- maxerickson 10y ago
  It's riffing on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY&t=1m24s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY&t=1m24s (I "got" what the post was about but took a minute to dig up the actual scene, I didn't know what the item was in the movie)
  - DarkTree 10y ago
    Wow, that video also has one of the best comments I've seen: > Slime green, Comic Sans, all caps. Oh my god, it even has clip-art.
  - mewm 10y ago
    Thank you for elaborating, makes sense now :D
- deleted 10y ago
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- eitland 10y ago
  Just press "parent" link a number of time and here it is with context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7930556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7930556
eitland 10y ago
If we are into comments anyway, the "comeback of all times"[0] is a winner, a reminder to treat all those pseudonymous or even semi-anonymous handles carefully : ) [0]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
- sanj 10y ago
  This is my quad-yearly moment to hang my head in shame. (and full props to @cperciva for being a good sport!)
  - hacknat 10y ago
    >quad-yearly You're not reading enough posts these days. I think this I've seen your exchange with Colin referenced at least once a month for the last year.
  - noonespecial 10y ago
    Don't feel too bad. I thought "Just the once, though, huh?" was a fantastic duck-and-cover when getting nuked from orbit. I laughed.
  - deleted 10y ago
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- veddox 10y ago
  Is that the rms responding a bit further down on that thread? Great comment either way: > News.YC does flame wars a whole lot better than the rest of the internet...
snowwrestler 10y ago
This comment, from a parent to the one you have bookmarked, is something every startup should think about if they get traction and start to grow. > you need to re-evaluate whether you are actually building a company 'culture', or just some random agglomeration of the personality traits of the company's earliest employees.
chejazi 10y ago
cperciva and dhouston were working on similar stuff at this time, they cross paths in the comments of the same thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35088 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35088

mewm 10y ago

Am I stupid if I don't understand that post?

coherentpony 10y ago
No, there's zero context.
maxerickson 10y ago
It's riffing on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY&t=1m24s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY&t=1m24s (I "got" what the post was about but took a minute to dig up the actual scene, I didn't know what the item was in the movie)
- DarkTree 10y ago
  Wow, that video also has one of the best comments I've seen: > Slime green, Comic Sans, all caps. Oh my god, it even has clip-art.
- mewm 10y ago
  Thank you for elaborating, makes sense now :D
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eitland 10y ago
Just press "parent" link a number of time and here it is with context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7930556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7930556

eitland 10y ago

If we are into comments anyway, the "comeback of all times"[0] is a winner, a reminder to treat all those pseudonymous or even semi-anonymous handles carefully : ) [0]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

sanj 10y ago
This is my quad-yearly moment to hang my head in shame. (and full props to @cperciva for being a good sport!)
- hacknat 10y ago
  >quad-yearly You're not reading enough posts these days. I think this I've seen your exchange with Colin referenced at least once a month for the last year.
- noonespecial 10y ago
  Don't feel too bad. I thought "Just the once, though, huh?" was a fantastic duck-and-cover when getting nuked from orbit. I laughed.
- deleted 10y ago
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veddox 10y ago
Is that the rms responding a bit further down on that thread? Great comment either way: > News.YC does flame wars a whole lot better than the rest of the internet...

snowwrestler 10y ago

This comment, from a parent to the one you have bookmarked, is something every startup should think about if they get traction and start to grow. > you need to re-evaluate whether you are actually building a company 'culture', or just some random agglomeration of the personality traits of the company's earliest employees.

chejazi 10y ago

cperciva and dhouston were working on similar stuff at this time, they cross paths in the comments of the same thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35088 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35088