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either that or the Putnam comment of cperciva's. [0] [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35083 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35083

• nxmnxm99 4y ago
  Jeez, that guy was full of himself though. Looks like 14 years later he isn't the roaring startup success story he predicted.
  • jhugo 4y ago
    How do you know that? Success can be measured in many ways, many of them not public.
    • nxmnxm99 4y ago
      You think he has a secret successful startup? Lol
• geoduck14 4y ago
  I've looked through some of those comments, and I don't understand what is going on. Can you help, please?
  • mbreese 4y ago
    Someone was trying to knock cperciva down a peg or two as he was boasting about something higher up in the thread. The comment being something to the effect of, “have you won a Putnam? If not, stop talking.” The Putnam is an undergraduate mathematics competition. It’s prestigious to win. Colin was a Putnam fellow (top 5 scorers) in 1999. All in all, it was a pretty funny exchange at the time and quickly stopped the argument. Don’t assume that the person you’re talking with here is an idiot. It really demonstrates how HN users are varied with significant expertise in many areas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathem...