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Re:When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport... by 1f60c on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:21AM (#24490636)
That reminds me of this legendary comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
Re:When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport... by function_seven on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:24AM (#24490650)
Ha, I knew what that comment was before I clicked. (“Is it that rsync/ftp comment? Yup.”) ((EDIT: but it was curlftpfs, not rsync))
Re:When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport... by ignoramous on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:47PM (#24499452)
You'd love this follow-up Drew Houston and BrandonM thread shortly after Dropbox's IPO: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16660140
Re:When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport... by function_seven on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @08:53PM (#24499954)
Thanks for that. I hadn't seen it when it was new.

Now show me the thread where Steve Jobs gave a shoutout to CmdrTaco :)

(https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257)

Re:When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport... by toyg on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:32AM (#24493624)
The HN equivalent of "I put on my robe and wizard hat".
Re:When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport... by eee_honda on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:48PM (#24496813)
god, YES! i needed this reference in my life today :)
Re:When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport... by juliansimioni on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:18PM (#24494832)
I never realized how low that comment's ID was until now. We've all said a lot since then :)
Re:When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport... by billforsternz on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:28PM (#24497397)
Me too. The canonical HN comment, forever.