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Ask HN: What's your favorite HN moment?

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Something about the Future of Startup Funding discussion (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1579092) reminded me of my favorite HN moment. It was a while back and it was only a brief exchange, between sanj and cperciva:

Did you win the Putnam?

Yes, I did.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35015

It's still funny to this day. What's your favorite HN moment?

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Right around the time I started reading Hacker News, there was this post: "How I Hacked Hacker News (with arc security advisory)"

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=639976

After reading that, I figured it'd be worth sticking around to learn a few things!

(minor paraphrasing for concision)

OP (John Gruber): The iPhone 4 is beautiful to behold and feels like a valuable artifact. It’s like a love letter to Dieter Rams.

btmorex: A love letter to Dieter Rams? Do other people actually like reading stuff like this? I mean, regardless of what you think of the iphone 4, that level of praise almost makes me feel bad for him. It's like romantic love for an object.

dieterrams: I like reading it very much.

^^^^^^^

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1473209

is that THE dieter rams?

Wow, I hadn't seen that exchange between sanj and cperciva. It's hilarious!

Incidentally, one of my favourite HN moments also involves cperciva - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1201012.

"Personally, all I could think about after reading this article was the song Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas [...]"

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1121775

Wow, thanks for that, what a great read. Definitely considered the finest HN thread I've seen. Maybe if we get enough of these, we can have a top 10 list..