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		cperciva on Sept 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On the Use of a Life He's also too modest for not using an anchor tag to link to his business I figure that my my readers probably know what Tarsnap is by this point; or if they don't, they know how to use Google. and too generous for not naming the HN user who insulted him. I saw no insult. I omitted the users's name because thought the question was interesting independent of the person who asked it.

jart on Sept 20, 2020 [–]

Read a different way I suppose it's actually a compliment. It's not everyday I see people voicing frustration that someone chose not to solve P vs. NP.

namenotrequired on Sept 21, 2020 | [–]

I didn't have to squint so hard to read "obviously a genius" as a compliment

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