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Happy Birthday edw519
Meant to submit this yesterday (for obvious reasons), but for some reason I failed.
I'll try harder next year!
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- edw519 18y agoThank you, Xichekolas! Whether you remembered or figured it out doesn't matter - either way, you have the makings of a great hacker. Sure hope to see you again before 5/19/09.
- Xichekolas 18y agoOh I remembered from when you mentioned it at startup school. Sadly I was so busy yesterday playing with javascript that I forgot until today.
- edw519 18y agoAs thrilled as I am that you remembered, I'm even happier that you were so immersed in your code yesterday that you forgot. Nothing to be sad about. I bet a lot of people here would love to be able to focus like that a little more often.
- TFrancis 18y agoWell, it's good to know you were getting some work done.
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- kirubakaran 18y ago<brag> I wished him yesterday ;) </brag>
- Xichekolas 18y agoThat's why they pay you the big karma.
- kirubakaran 18y ago:-) I wished him by email. I wanted to post here but then remembered the heat I got for being (genuinely) concerned about missing nickb. Thanks for posting - we can have a close knit group.
- Xichekolas 18y agoEh, hopefully we can make an exception for Eddie. He does contribute a lot to making this site what it is.
- kirubakaran 18y agoNo kidding! http://searchyc.com/user/edw519 http://searchyc.com/user/edw519 edw519: 1436 comments, 3.51 points per comment 836 submissions, 4.90 points per submission
- huhtenberg 18y agoHow's this news though ?
- Xichekolas 18y agoIt's not. I really didn't expect this to get voted up. Just wanted edw519 to catch it on the 'New' page, which I assume he watches.
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- bootload 18y ago"... How's this news though ? ..." Maybe even HN users can be gamed enough to give away their birthday(date) ... or smart enough to find it?
- TrevorJ 18y agoHappy birthday! I think if you celebrate a day late he officially will live 24 hours longer in his life right?
- Xichekolas 18y agoIf delayed birthday celebration were the secret to longevity, think how long people born on February 29th would live...
- mellampudi 18y agoonly a few days more than what they would have had they been born on any other day (number of extra days = (number of years he has lived) / 4)
- Xichekolas 18y agoI was thinking that if they could only celebrate their birthday every four years, they would only age at 1/4 the rate. Their 80th birthday would happen 320 years after being born. Of course, this is all rather silly.
- hugh 18y agoY'know, as much as I wish this edw519 person well (at least in that I don't actually wish him any specific harm...) I really don't think that submitting and/or upvoting this was a good move on the part of the people who did it.
- hooande 18y agoedw519 is a top contributor to yc: http://awurl.com/ueuqua68821 http://awurl.com/ueuqua68821 I don't see what's wrong with a community doing something nice for one of it's most active members.
- mcxx 18y agoSend him candy next time
- eb 18y agoThere are 100 people on the leader board. Should we wish them all a happy birthday too? Let's stay focused on news and cut this feel-good stuff out.
- reitzensteinm 18y agoI just noticed that I slipped off, so I vote no! :)
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- asmosoinio 18y agoWell, it's on the first page so the community has already told you: they want this.
- wallflower 18y agoUmm. If you don't already do it, remembering (recording in a safe place and (calling preferred over emailing) near the day of) the birthdays of people who are important to you and/or who you'd like to keep in very loose contact with is a platinum networking technique.