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Tell HN: Public apology to dcurtis

50 points by edw519 17y ago

Yesterday, I jumped on dcurtis in his hn post "30-day flight" here... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=782512 I said it was foolish and selfish. I was wrong. It's neither. A little over the top, but that's all. As a frequent flyer, I'm always concerned about being able to get the seats I need and not getting bumped, so maybe I was a little sensitive. Also, sometimes I double book, then cancel, to keep flexible plans and feel guilty about it. (So who am I to criticize?) I talked with alaskamiller last night and he reminded me that this was a great chance for the 2 of them to have an adventure, learn a few things, and share their experience in their blog. I just didn't read that it yesterday's post. I should have known better. I look forward to seeing dcurtis and alaskamiller in Pittsburgh if we're there the same time. Other hn'ers may want to coordinate their schedules with them too. Who knows, buy them a drink or dinner and you may be the subject of a blog post. Have fun and keep us posted.

omouse 17y ago
Flagged for drama. GTFO, this isn't the Ruby community ;)
jacquesm 17y ago
classy!.
jskopek 17y ago
Very graceful of you. On a slightly related note, I'll be taking advantage of the JetBlue promotion all September (22 segments, not quite as hardcore), and I'd love to coordinate with a couple other HNers to see if we can meet up some time. Do you guys think this warrants a seperate thread/app? I've been checking out tripit.com, and it might be a good way to compare our trips Here's mine: http://www.tripit.com/trip/public/id/2F88A928AC69?um=sn&un=pu&us=fc http://www.tripit.com/trip/public/id/2F88A928AC69?um=sn&...
tdavis 17y ago
I thought your argument was specious, but hardly warranting a public apology. In any case, spending 30 days in airports and airplanes sounds absolutely miserable; far from an "adventure". But, hey, different strokes for different folks and all that.
sho 17y ago
I don't think it is necessary to make such a big deal about it? You could have just apologised after the thread. You can still click reply and everything.
- tjic 17y ago
  Yeah, but this way he gets 40+ points of HN karma...
  - a-priori 17y ago
    user: edw519 created: 916 days ago karma: 21943 I don't think he's hurting for karma... 40 is a drop in the bucket.
    - itistoday 17y ago
      While we're on the topic of conspiracy theories, maybe this is just some sort of scheme to promote dcurtis' adventure in which he'll spend a month running through airports, sitting for hours in airplanes, and sleeping in shitty motels? The guy is nuts! I wouldn't want to bring that upon my person.
      - alanthonyc 17y ago
        I have never seen dcurtis and edw415 in the same room together. Ever.
        sho 17y ago
        Who the hell is "edw415"?
steveklabnik 17y ago
I'm from Pittsburgh, and if anyone who's doing this wants to drop by, I'd love to say hello. Just shoot me an email, it's in my profile.
- sjs382 17y ago
  likewise. :)
maxklein 17y ago
How about doing this in an email? You know, apologising to the person and not at the pulpit?
- Poiesis 17y ago
  If you criticize on the pulpit, you apologize on the pulpit.
  - nostrademons 17y ago
    If everybody did that, the Internet would consist of nothing but apologies...
    - matth 17y ago
      Logical impossibility.
huhtenberg 17y ago
This is not news.
antonovka 17y ago
The entire thing has been positioned as a bid for attention and funding from the start. How is it anything but selfish, wasteful and boring? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=759730 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=759730 Concept wise, I'm also drawing a blank, I need a hot geek girl/onair personality to come along. I can Ustream all the airports but no one will sponsor/pay for it--certainly not JetBlue since they know 1000 people will consider it, a dozen will go through with it, and all the social media marketing will be valued at zero. At best you can tape yourself going to all the airports and talk about them (review the architecture, shops, food, services, etc.) but that's boring after awhile. Time-lapsing and condensing the footage into a 5 minutes Where In the World is Matt video, maybe, but that's marginally novel and I think will only be a moderate (YouTube: 500k? Vimeo: 100k?) viral hit. How do I monetize on viral videos? Flagged for drama. I'm disappointed that we've given them even more attention.

50 points by edw519 17y ago

omouse 17y ago

Flagged for drama. GTFO, this isn't the Ruby community ;)

jacquesm 17y ago

classy!.

jskopek 17y ago

Very graceful of you. On a slightly related note, I'll be taking advantage of the JetBlue promotion all September (22 segments, not quite as hardcore), and I'd love to coordinate with a couple other HNers to see if we can meet up some time. Do you guys think this warrants a seperate thread/app? I've been checking out tripit.com, and it might be a good way to compare our trips Here's mine: http://www.tripit.com/trip/public/id/2F88A928AC69?um=sn&un=pu&us=fc http://www.tripit.com/trip/public/id/2F88A928AC69?um=sn&...

tdavis 17y ago

I thought your argument was specious, but hardly warranting a public apology. In any case, spending 30 days in airports and airplanes sounds absolutely miserable; far from an "adventure". But, hey, different strokes for different folks and all that.

sho 17y ago

I don't think it is necessary to make such a big deal about it? You could have just apologised after the thread. You can still click reply and everything.

tjic 17y ago
Yeah, but this way he gets 40+ points of HN karma...
- a-priori 17y ago
  user: edw519 created: 916 days ago karma: 21943 I don't think he's hurting for karma... 40 is a drop in the bucket.
  - itistoday 17y ago
    While we're on the topic of conspiracy theories, maybe this is just some sort of scheme to promote dcurtis' adventure in which he'll spend a month running through airports, sitting for hours in airplanes, and sleeping in shitty motels? The guy is nuts! I wouldn't want to bring that upon my person.
    - alanthonyc 17y ago
      I have never seen dcurtis and edw415 in the same room together. Ever.
      - sho 17y ago
        Who the hell is "edw415"?

steveklabnik 17y ago

I'm from Pittsburgh, and if anyone who's doing this wants to drop by, I'd love to say hello. Just shoot me an email, it's in my profile.

sjs382 17y ago
likewise. :)

maxklein 17y ago

How about doing this in an email? You know, apologising to the person and not at the pulpit?

Poiesis 17y ago
If you criticize on the pulpit, you apologize on the pulpit.
- nostrademons 17y ago
  If everybody did that, the Internet would consist of nothing but apologies...
  - matth 17y ago
    Logical impossibility.

huhtenberg 17y ago

This is not news.

antonovka 17y ago

The entire thing has been positioned as a bid for attention and funding from the start. How is it anything but selfish, wasteful and boring? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=759730 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=759730 Concept wise, I'm also drawing a blank, I need a hot geek girl/onair personality to come along. I can Ustream all the airports but no one will sponsor/pay for it--certainly not JetBlue since they know 1000 people will consider it, a dozen will go through with it, and all the social media marketing will be valued at zero. At best you can tape yourself going to all the airports and talk about them (review the architecture, shops, food, services, etc.) but that's boring after awhile. Time-lapsing and condensing the footage into a 5 minutes Where In the World is Matt video, maybe, but that's marginally novel and I think will only be a moderate (YouTube: 500k? Vimeo: 100k?) viral hit. How do I monetize on viral videos? Flagged for drama. I'm disappointed that we've given them even more attention.