> sanj on July 18, 2007 [flagged] [-]
> Did you win the Putnam?
> If not, please don't be "bolder" than this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Vakil
> cperciva on July 18, 2007 [-]
> "Did you win the Putnam?"
> Yes, I did.
> Did you win the Putnam?
> If not, please don't be "bolder" than this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Vakil
> cperciva on July 18, 2007 [-]
> "Did you win the Putnam?"
> Yes, I did.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35095 (Same thread btw.)
It's easy to look back at the "good old days" with the benefit of hindsight, but I'm sure that even today many of the famous founders of tomorrow can be found commenting here on HN. We just don't know who they are yet.
On the other hand what would this minimum char/word length be? Even your comment is fairly short, but it's descriptive and fully communicates your point...
Crazy to look back and see how things panned out for these two random internet commenters.
(Oh my, I recall reading that roughly in real time when Colin wrote it, can't believe that was 2007 already!)