Are we sure "pensive_returns" isn't Michael O. Church? Serious question: commenters on HN that write in an idiosyncratic fashion about Church have turned out to be him before.
Every time I read a comment about Church, I find myself asking, "is this how a normal person would write about someone best known for commenting on message boards?"
He certainly appears to have joined Hacker News for the sole purpose of sharing this pearl of wisdom with us:
Re:Employee #1: Dropbox
by ones_and_zeros on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @08:57AM
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Could be, kinda weird he got banned from all of those places, though I'm not familiar with Quora or autoadmit.
I think they should let him back in. He was an entertaining read.
Re:Employee #1: Dropbox
by ones_and_zeros on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @08:46AM
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This was actually news to me that he got banned. Can't imagine what he did to deserve that.
It was this thread that finally did it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10017538
The guy had an odd view of himself but I always found he provided excellent well thought out analysis and arguments. I'm not saying he is always right, but he wasn't a troll.