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The poster seems to be trying to draw a parallel between his comment and an infamous post that he made nearly 15 years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224), or maybe just to make him feel bad. I personally don’t think the tones of the two posts are comparable at all. His post has been quoted out of context for the last decade or so, though, so it’s not surprising to me. (Ask yourself, what did “app” mean in his comment?)

Several people seem to expect that he would be embarrassed by my comment or regret making it, but it honestly doesn’t bother him at all. I, HN, and even the world have changed a lot in 15 years.

Anyway, he's pretty satisfied with where life has taken him. He's certainly not going to sweat someone combing through his post history in a vague attempt to dunk on him.




I am profoundly confused by the pronouns in this comment. You, gp and the author of the dropbox comment are all different people, aren't you?

Anyway, it's just a joke. I don't think anyone's trying to make anyone feel bad.



Oh my gosh. There are SOOOO many meta references in this thread. I'm clearly an outsider to the HN world.


Aaaaaah




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