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For the record, I suspect "Manis Heath" is in fact "ManishEarth", aka Manish Goregaokar.
by IainIreland 5y ago
For the record, I suspect "Manis Heath" is in fact "ManishEarth", aka Manish Goregaokar.
- iudqnolq 5y agoThank you! Fixed
- OJFord 5y agoIf it helps, for years I read 'dang' as just a fun internet alias, as in Dang son, that's embarrassing. It wasn't until that NYT (or whichever paper) interview with 'Dan G[...] HN moderator' that it clicked. (I still frequently hear it wrong in my head. Habits..)
- samatman 5y agoCaps being allowed in HN handles (if mildly deprecated for cultural reasons) we must presume this to be intentional.
- OJFord 5y agoDear Mr S. Amat MA (N), You raise a good point. I've had a few emails addressing me 'OJ' Ford, which is beyond reasonable in hindsight, just not something I foresaw or that anyone's ever called me in person! Perhaps I unwittingly contributed to that by registering my username mildly against the cultural grain.. :) Yours, O. Johnson-Fsmith Operational Research Department
- samatman 5y agoDear OJ Ford, Over the years, many have mistook my account for that of Sam Altman (sama), or presumed it to be a parody thereof. In my defense, I have been using this handle, and variants of it, for longer than he's been alive. Best, (Maha) Sam Atman "you can choose your friends but not your namesake"