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chrisvalleybay 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Happy New Year 2025

Thank you for the Putnam; I did not know about it. For anyone else that did not understand this reference; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35015. Legendary.

fxtentacle 6 months ago [–]

That's an epic thread. Thank you very much for sharing it :)

And now, looking back 17 years later, I'd say he succeeded. It's the tarsnap founder.

chrisvalleybay 6 months ago | [–]

Indeed! And it was so much fun when dhouston popped up in the thread :-)

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