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Am I the only one who doesn’t know Paul Graham is today, cause everyone is talking about him as if they personally know the guy. Is he particularly famous or so

Am I the only one who doesn’t know Paul Graham is today, cause everyone is talking about him as if they personally know the guy. Is he particularly famous or something? And I bet Elon Musk is praying people vote for him to step down. So if you can, vote for him to stay as head. It’s not everyday you see 40-odd billion dollars as well as Tesla stocks plumetting - it’s quite fascinating so little it seems to bother him. But in all fairness, I think it would be better for his mental health if he gave social media a break for a while!

justusthane 4y ago
He co—founded Y Combinator, so he’s got name recognition around here.
makeitdouble 4y ago
This site we are commenting on is one of his babies.
chrisco255 4y ago
PG created YCombinator and Hacker News, the site you're currently on.
JoeCortopassi 4y ago
He co-founded and was president of Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that Hacker News is the community site for. Not famous in general, but very famous here
kharak 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(programmer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(programmer) Among other things, he is one of the founders of Ycombinator. He is quite known in the tech world. You've might stumbled across one of his essays which are frequently linked here.
jacquesm 4y ago
This site was started by Paul, he coded up most of the software you are using and he's been instrumental in growing it and YC (arguably the worlds largest and most successful startup incubator and seed fund) to something pretty impressive. I don't always see eye to eye with him but I have a grudging admiration for what he's achieved and how he did it.
- consumer451 4y ago
  I thought HN was a fork of early reddit (YC 1.) Is that not the case? The story I heard was that PG wanted god mode on reddit, Spez said no, here's a fork. Again, I could be so wrong here. Just what I recall hearing from what I noted as decent sources.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 And https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24967
    - consumer451 4y ago
      Thanks for setting my personal record straight! Also, thanks for answering my "in touch" billionaires question yesterday. The link you provided was a very pleasant read. [0] And finally, thanks for making me take the dust cover off of my midi keyboard! [1] Best interactions I've had on this site in a while. Cheers [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34042774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34042774 [1] https://pianojacq.com/ https://pianojacq.com/
      - jacquesm 4y ago
        You're welcome! Enjoy the software, if you have questions or find issues let me know.

justusthane 4y ago

He co—founded Y Combinator, so he’s got name recognition around here.

makeitdouble 4y ago

This site we are commenting on is one of his babies.

chrisco255 4y ago

PG created YCombinator and Hacker News, the site you're currently on.

JoeCortopassi 4y ago

He co-founded and was president of Y Combinator, the startup accelerator that Hacker News is the community site for. Not famous in general, but very famous here

kharak 4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(programmer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(programmer) Among other things, he is one of the founders of Ycombinator. He is quite known in the tech world. You've might stumbled across one of his essays which are frequently linked here.

jacquesm 4y ago

This site was started by Paul, he coded up most of the software you are using and he's been instrumental in growing it and YC (arguably the worlds largest and most successful startup incubator and seed fund) to something pretty impressive. I don't always see eye to eye with him but I have a grudging admiration for what he's achieved and how he did it.

consumer451 4y ago
I thought HN was a fork of early reddit (YC 1.) Is that not the case? The story I heard was that PG wanted god mode on reddit, Spez said no, here's a fork. Again, I could be so wrong here. Just what I recall hearing from what I noted as decent sources.
- jacquesm 4y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 And https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24967
  - consumer451 4y ago
    Thanks for setting my personal record straight! Also, thanks for answering my "in touch" billionaires question yesterday. The link you provided was a very pleasant read. [0] And finally, thanks for making me take the dust cover off of my midi keyboard! [1] Best interactions I've had on this site in a while. Cheers [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34042774 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34042774 [1] https://pianojacq.com/ https://pianojacq.com/
    - jacquesm 4y ago
      You're welcome! Enjoy the software, if you have questions or find issues let me know.