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Like others I rarely pay attention to the username, except all the "famous" people on HN you just can't miss when they are posting. But I think you mean psuedon
by _8j50 3y ago
Like others I rarely pay attention to the username, except all the "famous" people on HN you just can't miss when they are posting. But I think you mean psuedonimyze? Because you can easily tell who is posting using stylometry or just human brain pattern recognition.
- Loughla 3y agoWait. Who are the famous people on HN (other than Dang, because he's the only one I recognize. . . ). What and who am I missing?
- airstrike 3y agopg comes to mind? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pg https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pg also the occasional founder/CEO who may comment on some story related to their company
- hu3 3y agoIn Go posts I always look for rsc messages. Which is Russ Cox from Bell Labs and Google. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rsc https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rsc https://swtch.com/~rsc https://swtch.com/~rsc Also Rich Harris, creator of Svelte and SvelteKit: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rich_harris https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rich_harris Redis creator chimes in from time to time: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=antirez https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=antirez There are more I'm sure.
- freedomben 3y agoExactly. I would also add josevalim creator of Elixir, who I actually Ctrl+F for on Elixir-related threads. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=josevalim https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=josevalim
- nwoli 3y agoI can only think of jgc, hardmaru and karpathy as people I see around here more than once
- touisteur 3y agoUsed to see nickpsecurity a long time ago, I hope he's OK. The creator of the D language and John Nagle are also very active around here.
- Theodores 3y agoThe thing is that the people doing things in this world do not write comments. Elon Musk is a rare exception. I follow F1 and I imagine Lewis Hamilton and how he spends his day. He has better things to do than to chime in on F1 forums. It is as simple as that, people that are famous for achieving things are not going to waste their time on forums. What I do find amusing is how many HN extensions there are in the Chrome store. If I was at university then I would write one too - the simplicity of the format begs for some styling and whatnot.
- _8j50 3y agoThey write comments and even chat, not every successful person is arrogant or considers themselves above even talking to regular people.
- fragmede 3y agoPaul Davis (programmer) is around here somewhere. Maybe not a household name, but he's got a Wikipedia page. I remember because someone challenged him on his level of experience as a programmer, and then someone else linked his Wikipedia page. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36931617 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36931617 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=PaulDavisThe1st https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=PaulDavisThe1st https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Davis_(programmer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Davis_(programmer)
- accoil 3y agoYou might recognize some of https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders
- znpy 3y agoI always look for comments by bcantrill (hi Bryan!) whenever the topic seems like it could receive its attention. I really love hearing him speak, particularly when he loses it and rants against stuff (bonus points if “stuff” is Oracle)
- _8j50 3y agoI don't wanna stoke anyone's ego. But there are people whose work I've used or refernced many times that pop up on HN and comment or post. Not always with a ton of karma either.