Hacker News Folks Get Long Overdue Thanks

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Post by reactor » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 2:08 PM UTC

Re: Hacker News Folks Get Long Overdue Thanks

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Post by mathattack » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 3:03 PM UTC

Wow - that a tear jerker that's hard to respond to. Glad to hear he is well!

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Post by kenshiro_o » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 3:06 PM UTC

I am very happy for you! It's amazing what a community can do when its focus is directed towards a single goal.

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Post by sgt » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 3:06 PM UTC

Well done to HN. You cared.

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Post by zhemao » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 3:07 PM UTC

What's with all the extra periods in the title?

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Post by dmak » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 3:17 PM UTC

I honestly thought this was going to be a SEO success story when I saw the white hat vs black hat picture.

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Post by jaggederest » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 3:23 PM UTC

The real thanks goes to the oncologists. I'm pretty sure they would have shrugged off the monetary losses to save a life.

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Post by 542458 » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 3:26 PM UTC

zhemao wrote: post #5

What's with all the extra periods in the title?

iPhone keyboard is my bet. Two taps of the space bar (easy enough to do accidentally) gets you " ." and capitalizes the next letter.

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Post by relaunched » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 3:44 PM UTC

I remember when this story was first posted. It's not often in life that someone gets a happy ending. It's a moment we can all revel in.

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Post by harrytuttle » Sat, Jul 20, 2013, 4:01 PM UTC

kenshiro_o wrote: post #3

I am very happy for you! It's amazing what a community can do when its focus is directed towards a single goal.

Spot on.

If only all of humanity did this to each other.