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> 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 http

> 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.