Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

#1

Post by delano » Thu, Aug 05, 2010, 8:12 PM UTC

Something about the Future of Startup Funding discussion (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1579092) reminded me of my favorite HN moment. It was a while back and it was only a brief exchange, between sanj and cperciva:

Did you win the Putnam?

Yes, I did.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35015

It's still funny to this day. What's your favorite HN moment?

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

#2

Post by profquail » Thu, Aug 05, 2010, 8:20 PM UTC

Right around the time I started reading Hacker News, there was this post: "How I Hacked Hacker News (with arc security advisory)"

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=639976

After reading that, I figured it'd be worth sticking around to learn a few things!

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

#3

Post by brandnewly » Thu, Aug 05, 2010, 8:41 PM UTC

"Personally, all I could think about after reading this article was the song Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas [...]"

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1121775

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

#4

Post by frossie » Thu, Aug 05, 2010, 9:32 PM UTC

(minor paraphrasing for concision)

OP (John Gruber): The iPhone 4 is beautiful to behold and feels like a valuable artifact. It’s like a love letter to Dieter Rams.

btmorex: A love letter to Dieter Rams? Do other people actually like reading stuff like this? I mean, regardless of what you think of the iphone 4, that level of praise almost makes me feel bad for him. It's like romantic love for an object.

dieterrams: I like reading it very much.

^^^^^^^

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1473209

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

#5

Post by pclark » Thu, Aug 05, 2010, 10:36 PM UTC

frossie wrote: post #4

(minor paraphrasing for concision) OP (John Gruber): The iPhone 4 is beautiful to behold and feels like a valuable artifact. It’s like a love letter to Dieter Rams. btmorex: A love letter to Dieter Rams? Do other people actually like reading stuff like this? I mean, regardless of what you think of the iphone 4, that level of praise almost makes me feel bad for him. It's like romantic love for an object. dieterrams: I…

is that THE dieter rams?

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

#6

Post by revorad » Fri, Aug 06, 2010, 9:08 AM UTC

Wow, I hadn't seen that exchange between sanj and cperciva. It's hilarious!

Incidentally, one of my favourite HN moments also involves cperciva - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1201012.

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

#7

Post by amackera » Fri, Aug 06, 2010, 4:57 PM UTC

Thanks for reminding me of that! Definitely my favourite moment.

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

#8

Post by fuzzythinker » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 10:16 AM UTC

Wow, thanks for that, what a great read. Definitely considered the finest HN thread I've seen. Maybe if we get enough of these, we can have a top 10 list..

My favs:

mrcharles' reply to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1387339

w1ntermute's call for patio11: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1574895

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

#9

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 07, 2010, 10:22 AM UTC

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