Happy Birthday edw519

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=195142

by Xichekolas • 18 years ago

36 23 18 years ago

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Meant to submit this yesterday (for obvious reasons), but for some reason I failed.

I'll try harder next year!

edw5192• 18 years ago

Thank you, Xichekolas! Whether you remembered or figured it out doesn't matter - either way, you have the makings of a great hacker. Sure hope to see you again before 5/19/09.

Xichekolas6• 18 years ago

Oh I remembered from when you mentioned it at startup school. Sadly I was so busy yesterday playing with javascript that I forgot until today.

edw5192• 18 years ago

As thrilled as I am that you remembered, I'm even happier that you were so immersed in your code yesterday that you forgot. Nothing to be sad about. I bet a lot of people here would love to be able to focus like that a little more often.

TFrancis• 18 years ago

Well, it's good to know you were getting some work done.

kirubakaran3• 18 years ago

<brag> I wished him yesterday ;) </brag>

Xichekolas6• 18 years ago

That's why they pay you the big karma.

kirubakaran3• 18 years ago

:-) I wished him by email. I wanted to post here but then remembered the heat I got for being (genuinely) concerned about missing nickb. Thanks for posting - we can have a close knit group.

huhtenberg• 18 years ago

How's this news though ?

Xichekolas6• 18 years ago

It's not. I really didn't expect this to get voted up. Just wanted edw519 to catch it on the 'New' page, which I assume he watches.

bootload• 18 years ago

"... How's this news though ? ..."

Maybe even HN users can be gamed enough to give away their birthday(date) ... or smart enough to find it?

TrevorJ• 18 years ago

Happy birthday! I think if you celebrate a day late he officially will live 24 hours longer in his life right?

Xichekolas6• 18 years ago

If delayed birthday celebration were the secret to longevity, think how long people born on February 29th would live...

mellampudi• 18 years ago

only a few days more than what they would have had they been born on any other day (number of extra days = (number of years he has lived) / 4)

hugh• 18 years ago

Y'know, as much as I wish this edw519 person well (at least in that I don't actually wish him any specific harm...) I really don't think that submitting and/or upvoting this was a good move on the part of the people who did it.

hooande• 18 years ago

edw519 is a top contributor to yc: http://awurl.com/ueuqua68821

I don't see what's wrong with a community doing something nice for one of it's most active members.

mcxx• 18 years ago

Send him candy next time

eb• 18 years ago

There are 100 people on the leader board. Should we wish them all a happy birthday too?

Let's stay focused on news and cut this feel-good stuff out.

asmosoinio• 18 years ago

Well, it's on the first page so the community has already told you: they want this.

wallflower• 18 years ago

Umm. If you don't already do it, remembering (recording in a safe place and (calling preferred over emailing) near the day of) the birthdays of people who are important to you and/or who you'd like to keep in very loose contact with is a platinum networking technique.

Happy Birthday edw519

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