Ask HN: What are some iconic comments on HN?

Post by photochemsyn » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 5:05 PM UTC

BoxOfRain wrote: post #9

throwup238 wrote: post #7

The interface isn't the best for finding older comments but there's the HN highlights list: https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights

https://hn.algolia.com/ is quite good for finding things on HN.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 5:27 PM UTC

sanj wrote: post #45

fotta wrote: post #4

Did you win the Putnam? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

I love that this continues to top the list.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 5:33 PM UTC

maxbond wrote: post #40

Ask HN: How do I safely contact drug cartels? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36731320

Post by knowaveragejoe » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 5:35 PM UTC

flessner wrote: post #55

Carrok wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I enjoy that his motivation for starting Coinbase was that credit card transaction fees are too high, and digital currency can solve this problem. Here we are, 12 years later, and people still buy and sell cryptocurrency almost exclusively as an investment/bet, and very rarely is it used to facilitate any real transactions.

Not to forget that "cheap fees" is an argument that doesn't hold up anymore - Bitcoin and Ethereum fees are outlandish; Solana and other chains are just about "alright". The tech at its core is really interesting though, sadly the most innovation seems to be in marketing at the moment.

Post by toomuchtodo » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 5:39 PM UTC

Carrok wrote: post #36

scrlk wrote: post #26

Brian Armstrong looking for a Coinbase co-founder: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3754664

I enjoy that his motivation for starting Coinbase was that credit card transaction fees are too high, and digital currency can solve this problem. Here we are, 12 years later, and people still buy and sell cryptocurrency almost exclusively as an investment/bet, and very rarely is it used to facilitate any real transactions.