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Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by mikeryan on Monday July 02, 2012 @11:21AM (#4189220)
I'm pretty sure this is actually the 2nd or 3rd time this one's been on HN.
Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by bockris on Monday July 02, 2012 @02:27PM (#4190143)
My guess is higher but I don't care to research it.

The '500 mile email' and 'The story of Mel the Real Programmer' are trotted out on a regular basis also.

As long as you can glean the story from the headline, you can ignore it. It's a tiny bit annoying but I'm not asking for a refund.

Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by jrockway on Monday July 02, 2012 @05:04PM (#4191013)
It's a tiny bit annoying but I'm not asking for a refund.

"All right, I've been thinking. When HN gives you recycled content, don't make comments - make the submitter take the story back! Get mad! I don't want your damn recycled stories, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see Paul Graham! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson recycled content! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's going to to burn your house down! With the recycled content! I'm going to get my engineers to invent a combustible anecdote that burns your house down!"

Don't give him lemons, either.

Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by nell on Monday July 02, 2012 @03:42PM (#4190551)
Sure its a bit annoying, but this is the first time a new member gets to read a fascinating story like this one.
Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by wmf on Monday July 02, 2012 @05:46PM (#4191196)
I wish we could put this classic stuff in the Hacker Canon and reserve HN for, y'know, news.
Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by vardhanw on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @06:23AM (#4193374)
> Hacker Canon

What's/where's that?

Re:Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish ... by wmf on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @12:16PM (#4194720)
It doesn't exist. But it would contain all the classic works of hackerdom.