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by krapp 4226 days ago
>That's not really something we can have on HN.

Arguably, we do have it on HN, by design. The effect of his ban, and his reputation as a programmer have turned him into a weird sort of mascot. It's possible that simply banning him outright would have driven him off the site by now. It certainly wouldn't have been more effort than hellbanning his accounts. But the system as it is encourages him to stay.
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thisGuysAccount 4224 days ago
Everyone's talking about Terry like he's not able to see this...

Not aiming this message at you, krapp, or anyone, I just realized this while reading your message that Terry's probably read through this thread a few times. Wonder what his thoughts are on the article.

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krapp 4223 days ago
He could post his thoughts on whatever he likes, but of course, we're not meant to know what they are, or to care.

Terry is the price this community pays for its pretense at intellectual purity.

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