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reddit did it. I think this very forum did it too, see e.g. the whole nickb thing.
by idoh 7y ago
reddit did it. I think this very forum did it too, see e.g. the whole nickb thing.
- derwiki 7y agonickb thing?
- viraptor 7y agoDisputed but https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10535620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10535620
- Alex3917 7y agoHaha here is the link to the original email thread with pg asking me to do this: https://www.prettyfwd.com/t/a_SBCPYeTLGxeP37RRTpmw/ https://www.prettyfwd.com/t/a_SBCPYeTLGxeP37RRTpmw/ The last time this came up I couldn't share the email thread because PrettyFWD didn't yet exist.
- idoh 7y agoAh cool, a little piece of history. I stand corrected.
- kirubakaran 7y agopg's real prank was getting you to believe that he's not nickb.
- kirubakaran 7y agoConsidering how prolific nickb was, it was probably a group of people. The name was a bit of a giveaway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bourbaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bourbaki