That one reply in that flame war is still hilarious so many years later. To anyone who didn't get the reference of Putnam https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
Pretty good bad idea
In 2007, an academic argues with PG and others. After long exchange, academic defensively states their own achievements.
Another user challenges academic with GP question, to which academic provides unexpected affirmative response.
More often, we refer to ourselves in the first person plural.
Tarsnap's still there though, so I'd say that's a good defense.
But I was having a bad day, and I said things in a different and more abrasive way than I normally would.