Thanks for reading the post, and Michael for posting it. I enjoyed all the comments. I only recognized Zed Shaw, Batman and a few others, so I've got some reading to do :)
Who is your hero?
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Re: Who is your hero?
#32HN lurkers such as dlsspy, pquerna, and zedshaw are my hacker heroes. They need not introductions but I suppose links won't hurt: http://hackerne.ws/user?id=dlsspy http://hackerne.ws/user?id=pquerna http://hackerne.ws/user?id=zedshaw
FYI, the domain 'hackerne.ws' is registered by someone other than YC. Even if it currently resolves to the same machine, it might not in the future. Even if the current owner's intentions are pure, the domain could lapse into someone else's control. So, better not to promote, nor login-to, 'hackerne.ws' URLs, unless it becomes the canonical domain linked from http://ycombinator.com . (Why does it work? Seems the News…
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=84039
If you search for it http://searchyc.com/hackerne.ws, there's more discussion.
Re: Who is your hero?
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
FYI, the domain 'hackerne.ws' is registered by someone other than YC. Even if it currently resolves to the same machine, it might not in the future. Even if the current owner's intentions are pure, the domain could lapse into someone else's control. So, better not to promote, nor login-to, 'hackerne.ws' URLs, unless it becomes the canonical domain linked from http://ycombinator.com . (Why does it work? Seems the News…
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=84039 If you search for it http://searchyc.com/hackerne.ws , there's more discussion.
I'm familiar with the history. Whatever eusman's original stated intentions with the domain, my points stand. Using/linking-to News.YC via a nonofficial 3rd-party domain is a risky habit.
You should also note the claimed owner of the 'hackerne.ws' domain left as an active user in a huff over 2 years ago:
Re: Who is your hero?
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=84039 If you search for it http://searchyc.com/hackerne.ws , there's more discussion.
I'm familiar with the history. Whatever eusman's original stated intentions with the domain, my points stand. Using/linking-to News.YC via a nonofficial 3rd-party domain is a risky habit. You should also note the claimed owner of the 'hackerne.ws' domain left as an active user in a huff over 2 years ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=151412
Oh, well I will continue using hackerne.ws in my browser but refrain from propagating the URLs. Cheers.
Re: Who is your hero?
#35Thanks for reading the post, and Michael for posting it. I enjoyed all the comments. I only recognized Zed Shaw, Batman and a few others, so I've got some reading to do :)
Yeah baby!!! Batman's more famous than Jefferson, Feynman and Socrates put together!!!