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HN is wonderful for that. I once commented on an article about Brave Browser that it was an ad extortion racket, and Brendan Eich showed up to call me an asshol

HN is wonderful for that. I once commented on an article about Brave Browser that it was an ad extortion racket, and Brendan Eich showed up to call me an asshole. Good times!

trwhite 2y ago
Link?
- AdmiralAsshat 2y ago
  If you know a good way of searching through my entire comment history I'm happy to search for it, but it was some years ago, and I post several comments a day, so it may be a tall order to manually page through my history.
  - burkaman 2y ago
    You can use the sort of official HN search engine like this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=admiralasshat%20eich&sort=byPopularity&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
    - aftbit 2y ago
      Found it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230347
- cybrjoe 2y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230347 ... via: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%22AdmiralAsshat%22+brave+browser&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%22Adm...
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BrendanEich 2y ago
I never called you an asshole, I quipped that your handle's surname suits you. Accuracy matters, especially given that you are the source of the ass* name. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11232460 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11232460
- AdmiralAsshat 2y ago
  Hello, Brendan! I don't personally see much of a distinction between "asshole" and "asshat" in this context, and I think the intent of your reply was pretty clear. Nor do I begrudge the comment--it comes with the territory of choosing such a username. But if you believe my characterization of that exchange to be false, my apologies. The link to the original reply was posted almost immediately after my comment, and so the context is there for all to see. I summarized it in a way that I thought would be entertaining to the audience.
  - BrendanEich 2y ago
    So everyone can see that you are neither accurate nor entertaining -- thanks for confirming!

HN is wonderful for that. I once commented on an article about Brave Browser that it was an ad extortion racket, and Brendan Eich showed up to call me an asshole. Good times!

trwhite 2y ago

Link?

AdmiralAsshat 2y ago
If you know a good way of searching through my entire comment history I'm happy to search for it, but it was some years ago, and I post several comments a day, so it may be a tall order to manually page through my history.
- burkaman 2y ago
  You can use the sort of official HN search engine like this: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=admiralasshat%20eich&sort=byPopularity&type=all https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
  - aftbit 2y ago
    Found it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230347
cybrjoe 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11230347 ... via: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%22AdmiralAsshat%22+brave+browser&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%22Adm...

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BrendanEich 2y ago

I never called you an asshole, I quipped that your handle's surname suits you. Accuracy matters, especially given that you are the source of the ass* name. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11232460 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11232460

AdmiralAsshat 2y ago
Hello, Brendan! I don't personally see much of a distinction between "asshole" and "asshat" in this context, and I think the intent of your reply was pretty clear. Nor do I begrudge the comment--it comes with the territory of choosing such a username. But if you believe my characterization of that exchange to be false, my apologies. The link to the original reply was posted almost immediately after my comment, and so the context is there for all to see. I summarized it in a way that I thought would be entertaining to the audience.
- BrendanEich 2y ago
  So everyone can see that you are neither accurate nor entertaining -- thanks for confirming!