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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by tptacek on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:46PM (#17681886)
'dang, the moderator on this thread.

Central Illinois is a big, flat, boring, methamphetamized prairie too, but I'd still rather live in Chicago than on either coast. Most places you could think of wanting to live are surrounded by boring places.

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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by DKnoll on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:16PM (#17682168)
Are they? Would have assumed SF. Didn't think YCombinator had any presence in Canada. I thought dang was a shared account used by multiple moderators as well.
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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by tptacek on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:30PM (#17682327)
No, 'dang is Dan Gackle. There are two public moderators, 'dang and 'sctb (Scott "Certificate Transparency" Bell).
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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by DKnoll on Friday August 03, 2018 @02:44PM (#17682459)
Oh cool. Dan is seriously committed, he's almost omnipotent lol.
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Re:Developments in tech in Toronto over the past seven years by pvg on Friday August 03, 2018 @03:07PM (#17682696)
No, he just transcends spacetime like the prairies whence he hails.
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