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| Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today | ||
| recommended by 4 users | 2016 | 1401 points by alankay | future of coding | original thread | | ||
This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening). | ||
| 4 users recommended this thread. What they said: |
| codegeek Jul 4, 2016 | on: Ask HN: Why do you read HN? | context |
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filoeleven Apr 22, 2019 | on: Why OO Sucks by Joe Armstrong (2000) | context
It’s a new account created yesterday. Alan Kay did an AMA here a while back+ with the username “alankay1” and occasionally posted elsewhere. That account’s last post was 7 months ago. Given that user “Alan-1”s style and content is similar, it seems likely that he created a new account after half a year away from HN. If you want verification, maybe you can convince him to do another AMA =) I’m still thinking about his more cryptic answers from the last one, which is well worth a read. I think that was before Dynamicland existed, but I may be off. |
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lambdatronics Jan 2, 2022 | on: Ask HN: Favorite/Classic HN threads of all time | context
The famous Alan Kay appearance: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11939851 |
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indypb Sep 14, 2016 | on: Ask HN: What's your favorite HN post? | context
Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle (vimeo.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3591298 Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11939851 |
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For me, the biggest reason is the community and the people that hang out on HN. I mean how many places can you get Alan Kay to do an AMA of such high quality as this:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11939851
Other reasons are simplicity and speed of HN site that makes it a breeze to only focus on the content. No flashy stuff.