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Re:Show HN: Topic modeling over Paul Graham's essays by futureishere on Monday September 18, 2017 @02:48PM (#15278435)
Hey! I am sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way. It was definitely not my intention to eulogize Paul Graham unnecessarily. I wrote that out of sincerity, I genuinely feel that his essays have been highly educational for me, and for a lot of my friends as well. Maybe his essays have not had the same effect on you, and a lot of other people. I guess if enough people complain about it, I'd edit that line out of the README, no questions asked.

I'd also like to add that I mentioned, "one of the.." and "pundit[s]" implying that there are many others who'd be in the club, and Paul Graham isn't the only or most influential. Hope that helps!

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Re:Show HN: Topic modeling over Paul Graham's essays by camillomiller on Monday September 18, 2017 @03:24PM (#15278729)
Don't get me wrong, what you've done is cool, and everybody's free to just love this or that "pundit" (PG is a lot of things, but I wouldn't call him a pundit). It's just that here on HN sometimes PG's writing's treated like the fifth Gospel. Sorry if it came out harsher than I wanted, I had a hard day with a hard client. :)
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Re:Show HN: Topic modeling over Paul Graham's essays by futureishere on Monday September 18, 2017 @04:04PM (#15279039)
No worries, I totally understand :-)
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