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> The brilliance of YCombinator, IMO, is HackerNews.... Before HN there was PG's blog.

• bootload 10y ago
  > Before HN there was PG's blog. Before pg's blog, there was /., before /. there was Carmack's .plan file ~ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12575501 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12575501
  • vardhanw 10y ago
    How is /. now compared to YC?
    • ebcode 10y ago
      I think you misinterpreted the comparison. It's not /. to YC, but /. to HN
    • bootload 10y ago
      slashdot was/is a message board on hacker-like things a proto-HN sans the startup stuff.