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so according to your username and that wiki page, you are therefore her half-brother ben tilly. your mother is patricia, your father is john ward, and you are f

so according to your username and that wiki page, you are therefore her half-brother ben tilly. your mother is patricia, your father is john ward, and you are from british columbia, specifically texada island. honestly, i'm not really sure why you would post identifying information on the internet. edit: just checked your profile. hey ben!

m_mueller 12y ago
Many posters on Hacker News use identifying profiles, as do I. IMO a very small percentage of comments posted here could be damaging to that person. On the other hand I think that many opportunities can arise from being identifiable here.
- k__ 12y ago
  Which opportunities?
  - nl 12y ago
    I've had job offers - none that I've taken though. But there have been other conversations that have been useful.
btilly 12y ago
There is enough identifying information about me out there that there is no point in denying it. That ship sailed for me many years ago. And sometimes it is convenient to be able to say something and have people realize that I have direct experience with it. Of course you shouldn't believe everything you read on the Internet. Contrary to what you surmised, I was actually born in California, did most of my growing up in Victoria, British Columbia, and Jennifer is not part-Irish. Now if you want to get disturbed, go read my sister's book, Singing Songs. None of what is discussed there was stuff that I had any control over, so I have no shame about it. And it is all stuff I've said in public before. As I said, that ship sailed for me long ago. There is no point in hiding it.
- thret 12y ago
  I'd no idea she'd written a book. Thanks Ben! As I said her blog was great, I read the entire thing in a single sitting. Edit. Other sister. Still, I'll give it a look. Talented family you have there.
grlhgr420 12y ago
fuck you. is this really a meaningful thing for you to do? you really have nothing better to do than trace a username? even if it's all public info you're a piece of shit for tracing it for no reason besides outing because you can. fuck off and die you parasite.

m_mueller 12y ago

Many posters on Hacker News use identifying profiles, as do I. IMO a very small percentage of comments posted here could be damaging to that person. On the other hand I think that many opportunities can arise from being identifiable here.

k__ 12y ago
Which opportunities?
- nl 12y ago
  I've had job offers - none that I've taken though. But there have been other conversations that have been useful.

btilly 12y ago

There is enough identifying information about me out there that there is no point in denying it. That ship sailed for me many years ago. And sometimes it is convenient to be able to say something and have people realize that I have direct experience with it. Of course you shouldn't believe everything you read on the Internet. Contrary to what you surmised, I was actually born in California, did most of my growing up in Victoria, British Columbia, and Jennifer is not part-Irish. Now if you want to get disturbed, go read my sister's book, Singing Songs. None of what is discussed there was stuff that I had any control over, so I have no shame about it. And it is all stuff I've said in public before. As I said, that ship sailed for me long ago. There is no point in hiding it.

thret 12y ago
I'd no idea she'd written a book. Thanks Ben! As I said her blog was great, I read the entire thing in a single sitting. Edit. Other sister. Still, I'll give it a look. Talented family you have there.

grlhgr420 12y ago

fuck you. is this really a meaningful thing for you to do? you really have nothing better to do than trace a username? even if it's all public info you're a piece of shit for tracing it for no reason besides outing because you can. fuck off and die you parasite.