[idoh]

reddit did it. I think this very forum did it too, see e.g. the whole nickb thing.

[derwiki]

nickb thing?

[viraptor]

Disputed but https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10535620

[Alex3917]

Haha here is the link to the original email thread with pg asking me to do this:

https://www.prettyfwd.com/t/a_SBCPYeTLGxeP37RRTpmw/

The last time this came up I couldn't share the email thread because PrettyFWD didn't yet exist.

[kirubakaran]

pg's real prank was getting you to believe that he's not nickb.

[idoh]

Ah cool, a little piece of history. I stand corrected.

[kirubakaran]

Considering how prolific nickb was, it was probably a group of people. The name was a bit of a giveaway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bourbaki