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TIL it's "Dan G" and not the Chinese surname "Dang" that I'd always assumed.
by mayank 6y ago
TIL it's "Dan G" and not the Chinese surname "Dang" that I'd always assumed.
- Isamu 6y agoI first assumed D. Ang
- 3np 6y agoI've been assuming literal dang as in "dang! the update crashed the OS"
- dang 6y agoYes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22767296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22767296
- arthurcolle 6y agoSame here... so happy to get this reaffirmed by @dang himself in a sibling comment!
- arthurcolle 6y agoHaha yes I discovered this like a year ago, and still get a kick out of it when I'm so overloaded that I am reflecting on usernames as opposed to getting work done...
- joshxyz 6y agoAlso surprised to learned that back then, but it's too late I already got used in reading it as "dang"
- dang 6y agoIn my head it's always been "dang" as in rhymes with "clang". dan+g is just the etymology. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22767296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22767296
- achow 6y agoMar 2014, Paul Graham I’m delighted to announce that Daniel Gackle (pronounced Gackley), who has already been doing most of the moderation for the last 18 months, is going to join YC full-time to be in charge of the HN community. Many HN users know Daniel as gruseom, though now he’s going to switch to the slightly more legit sounding dang. https://blog.ycombinator.com/meet-the-people-taking-over-hacker-news/ https://blog.ycombinator.com/meet-the-people-taking-over-hac...