Thank you for the Putnam; I did not know about it. For anyone else that did not understand this reference; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35015. Legendary.

That's an epic thread. Thank you very much for sharing it :)

And now, looking back 17 years later, I'd say he succeeded. It's the tarsnap founder.

Indeed! And it was so much fun when dhouston popped up in the thread :-)

And "Less space than a Nomad"

Putnam? Of math competition fame?

Yep, specifically this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35083