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Only sharing this because I learned it myself two months ago and think it's not common knowledge: dang actually is for dan g. and not just the word dang. he nev
by s3p 3y ago
Only sharing this because I learned it myself two months ago and think it's not common knowledge: dang actually is for dan g. and not just the word dang. he never speaks on it but someone mentioned it to me and I thought that was interesting. Anyway yes thank you dan!
- k1t 3y agoHe's also allegedly "muscular, bald, and loquacious"! https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...
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- chrisfosterelli 3y agoThanks that's good to know, I updated my comment.
- IncreasePosts 3y agoI think you're confusing dang with someone else. dang is actually Da Ng, a Malaysian Chinese hacker extraordinare
- behnamoh 3y agodang, didn't know that.
- pests 3y agoYep! His name is Daniel Gackle, here is a 10 year old YN blog from pg introducing him and others: https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/meet-the-people-taking-over-hacker-news https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/meet-the-people-taking-over... Look's like its almost 10 years since he officially joined full-time. We should have a party.