Partly is a reflection on how collective memories work, partly on how good news is often siloed from public view, partly systemic self-deprecation on the part of geeks that makes me a little hot under the collar. HN is a force for good in the world, like a university is.
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If you had a searchable deep link able archive of everything ever uttered as Harvard, you could presumably find some zingers there, too.
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Everybody remembers your blog post about Tarsnap, but very few people know how many new customers it got me, too. :-)
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Also, the last bullet where they question Dropbox's competitive advantage? Not totally off the mark.
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An interesting addendum to this story: the guy beyond that comment is still a proud DIY-er (“it’s not all that hard to file your own taxes… it has taken me a full 12–16 hours”) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13924397 …
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