We can try to dig up your old account if you want! You're welcome to email [email protected], or if you want to "do it live", post here and we can ask for the community's help if needed.
Re:Happy 20th Birthday, Y Combinator
by hakaneskici on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @05:39PM
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Thank you so much! Sent an email :)
Alas we didn't make it work. I was all ready to gloat over recovering your old account for you—probably got too confident about it. Hopefully some other information will resurface and we'll get it done another day.
Re:Happy 20th Birthday, Y Combinator
by hakaneskici on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @11:03PM
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Thank you for all your efforts and immediate attention, sorry that I couldn't make your job easier. What mattered the most was that I got a chance to have a brief chat with the actual human being behind the legendary HN username that makes everything run smoothly. Cheers, Daniel!
Re:Happy 20th Birthday, Y Combinator
by aaronbrethorst on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @01:28AM
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Needs more cocaine and angry jacket throwing, lol ;-)
Re:Happy 20th Birthday, Y Combinator
by cruffle_duffle on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @07:11PM
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Oh man I used to hang out on Joel on Software as well. Good times.
Before HN, I used to hang out on Joel on Software and Eric's Business of Software forums; I occasionally used to post there and here but lost old accounts. If you have friends who have friends who has HN archeology skills and access, maybe I can recover my old account :)