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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 01, 2022, 11:15 PM UTC

542458 wrote: post #5

The Dropbox launch post is a great example of why you shouldn’t take (particularly dismissive) comments here too seriously. (This isn’t to dunk on any of the contributors there - but just a reminder that we’re all fallible and have biases) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 On that note, PG coining “middlebrow dismissal” isn’t a very elaborate comment, but is a term that has entered a few people’s lexicon. htt…

Post by Noumenon72 » Sat, Jan 01, 2022, 11:46 PM UTC

Post by giancarlostoro » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 1:05 AM UTC

wongarsu wrote: post #33

giancarlostoro wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean I saw a lot of people saying they can use FTP and this and that but people moved on from FTP to hosting files on other sites back then like RapidShare, MegaUpload and so on. I know I used to share code and projects on RapidShare before it disappeared. I do agree there are biases and sometimes people miss that they are commenting not from the perspective of the general population. Its nice you can setup ftp and…

My top filesharing utility is WhatsApp, or maybe Telegram, both for sending stuff to others and myself. Sure I know how to use an FTP server, operate multiple HTTP servers I can upload to, and have accounts at Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive. But for low-risk one-to-one communication the quick solution wins. Back then that might have been Dropbox.

Post by lambdatronics » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 8:14 AM UTC

CTDOCodebases wrote: post #32

The comment thread about a developer of a high level of mathematic ability who wrote and maintained a widely used piece of software used for backups. Someone commented something to the effect of “He gave up on solving Millennium problems to write backup software”.

Post by elorant » Sun, Jan 02, 2022, 4:04 PM UTC

scary-size wrote: post #8

elorant wrote: post #3

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