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Did you tell them you could build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CV
by Haul4ss 5y ago
Did you tell them you could build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem?
- nindalf 5y agoFor those who don't get it, this is a reference to the greatest HN comment of all time - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863.
- tumblewit 5y agoI definitely laughed after reading this thread. Would advise others to read it.
- Haul4ss 5y agoI was afraid my reference was too old, and people would just downvote not understanding what the heck I was on about.
- ryandrake 5y agoThis one never gets too old. Even with the no-jokes policy here, I can't resist upvoting "you could build such a system yourself quite trivially" posts.
- fossuser 5y agoFor “greatest comment” I was thinking of cmdrtaco’s comment about the iPod, but I guess that was slashdot. https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ipod https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-i... HN is famous for knee-jerk dismissals of tech and companies that then go on to become wildly successful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19270689 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19270689 Mostly HN comments about this kind of thing should be ignored. It’s easy to be critical and negative about anything new, it’s a lot harder to be right.
- slg 5y ago>HN is famous for knee-jerk dismissals of tech and companies that then go on to become wildly successful: It is extra funny to find this comment considering the top comment in this thread. Someone makes a good looking, simple, and useful app and the top comment is nothing about the work put in, the quality of the app, potential improvements, or anything like that. Instead it is a knee-jerk dismissal of "you’re going to get sued" and "hope you’ve got a lawyer." The more things change...
- aggie 5y ago"What you have built is illegal" is hardly the same as "I don't believe in your vision."
- slg 5y agoWhat they built isn't illegal. The naming and branding of what they built likely infringes on a trademark. Either way, the point was more this communities urge to knee-jerkingly dismiss a project for whatever reason. There is often a default of "this is why it won't work" or "this is why you are wrong".
- LegitShady 5y agoI loved my nomad...
- sachinag 5y agoThe greatest HN comment is obviously cperciva's: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
- fossuser 5y agoYeah, you’re right - that one is my absolute favorite. Even includes a PG cameo. And getting a 53 on the Putnam at 14 is wild. I wonder how that happens, what leads to that (in addition to obvious high ability). Good parents? Early access to good books? Do some people just have a more intuitive sense for math? Tons of practice?
- rsync 5y agoI see your dropbox comment and raise you a "did you win the putnam": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
- jraph 5y agoI never noticed that this comment, one of the best known of HN, is flagged.
- remix2000 5y agoThat reference is plain cruel. You’re a terrible person. :P
- johnwalkr 5y agoI love that HN is largely free from attempts at jokes, but I will laugh at this one every time.