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Because they think the people they're most similar to are respected old-school hackers (rms, jwz, etc.) instead of carnival hucksters like P. T. Barnum.
by Analemma_ 4y ago
Because they think the people they're most similar to are respected old-school hackers (rms, jwz, etc.) instead of carnival hucksters like P. T. Barnum.
- alliao 4y agoi can just imagine jwz squirming at the idea of this and it is way too funny...
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- jefftk 4y agoIf they were imitating the older style they would use lowercase
- eru 4y agoP. T. Barnum doesn't deserve the bad reputation. See eg https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=310056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=310056