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See also http://idlewords.com/2003/12/100_years_of_turbulence.htm http://idlewords.com/2003/12/100_years_of_turbulence.htm, by HN-banned author and entrepreneur

See also http://idlewords.com/2003/12/100_years_of_turbulence.htm http://idlewords.com/2003/12/100_years_of_turbulence.htm, by HN-banned author and entrepreneur Maciej Cegłowski.

flexie 12y ago
HN-banned? Why? How? By whom? When?
- JanezStupar 12y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4108008 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4108008 The whole affair is really sad. Especially due to high quality of Maciej's blog.
  - arjie 12y ago
    Interesting. So that's the story of the origin of lobste.rs.
- username223 12y ago
  Personal animosity, I imagine: http://www.idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm http://www.idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm
shiven 12y ago
What-the-wha? The creator of pinboard.in, an awesome bookmarking site, is banned from HN? How? Why? Link?
JasonFruit 12y ago
That article is painfully flawed, though its point remains valid. What makes Alberto Santos-Dumont, a dedicated experimenter with a positive genius for simple solutions to baffling problems, a "one-man freakshow"? The author never explains, and it's not obvious to the reader. The author's dismissive analysis of the innovations of the Wright Flyer minimizes its advantages and inflates its idiosyncrasies beyond any sense of scale — and for what purpose? His frivolous distortion of fact does nothing to enhance his point.
- JasonFruit 12y ago
  Usually if I'm downvoted I understand why, but in this case I'm baffled. Can anyone help me understand why this wasn't considered a useful contribution to the discussion?
  - doktrin 12y ago
    As I understand it, downmodding can currently mean as little as that somebody disagreed with your comment.
    - nitrogen 12y ago
      It could even be someone accidentally tapping the down arrow while scrolling on a phone.
dang 12y ago
Maciej isn't banned and he's welcome back anytime.
- tptacek 12y ago
  Maciej was banned, though, and left immediately when that happened, like many reasonable people would. Mistakes happen. I don't think there's much drama to mine here.
  - dang 12y ago
    Oh I know, and I wasn't implying otherwise. (It struck me as a big misunderstanding, though I don't know all the details.) My point is, he's not banned and he's welcome. The comment upthread was at best ambiguous on this, so I felt obliged to say something.
    - tptacek 12y ago
      I think I misread your comment, and also that we are probably totally agreed about Maciej. :)

See also http://idlewords.com/2003/12/100_years_of_turbulence.htm http://idlewords.com/2003/12/100_years_of_turbulence.htm, by HN-banned author and entrepreneur Maciej Cegłowski.

flexie 12y ago

HN-banned? Why? How? By whom? When?

JanezStupar 12y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4108008 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4108008 The whole affair is really sad. Especially due to high quality of Maciej's blog.
- arjie 12y ago
  Interesting. So that's the story of the origin of lobste.rs.
username223 12y ago
Personal animosity, I imagine: http://www.idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm http://www.idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm

shiven 12y ago

What-the-wha? The creator of pinboard.in, an awesome bookmarking site, is banned from HN? How? Why? Link?

JasonFruit 12y ago

That article is painfully flawed, though its point remains valid. What makes Alberto Santos-Dumont, a dedicated experimenter with a positive genius for simple solutions to baffling problems, a "one-man freakshow"? The author never explains, and it's not obvious to the reader. The author's dismissive analysis of the innovations of the Wright Flyer minimizes its advantages and inflates its idiosyncrasies beyond any sense of scale — and for what purpose? His frivolous distortion of fact does nothing to enhance his point.

JasonFruit 12y ago
Usually if I'm downvoted I understand why, but in this case I'm baffled. Can anyone help me understand why this wasn't considered a useful contribution to the discussion?
- doktrin 12y ago
  As I understand it, downmodding can currently mean as little as that somebody disagreed with your comment.
  - nitrogen 12y ago
    It could even be someone accidentally tapping the down arrow while scrolling on a phone.

dang 12y ago

Maciej isn't banned and he's welcome back anytime.

tptacek 12y ago
Maciej was banned, though, and left immediately when that happened, like many reasonable people would. Mistakes happen. I don't think there's much drama to mine here.
- dang 12y ago
  Oh I know, and I wasn't implying otherwise. (It struck me as a big misunderstanding, though I don't know all the details.) My point is, he's not banned and he's welcome. The comment upthread was at best ambiguous on this, so I felt obliged to say something.
  - tptacek 12y ago
    I think I misread your comment, and also that we are probably totally agreed about Maciej. :)