On: Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002)

[snewman]

This excellent tale has appeared many times on HN; here's dang, in 2021, listing some of the past threads:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29213472

[kibwen → snewman]

Sometimes you just need to gather all the young'uns around the campfire and regale them with the tales of old, like The 500-Mile Email, or The Story of Mel.

[jihadjihad → kibwen]

A "modern" addition I'd make to this list is the Grug Brained Developer [0]

0: https://grugbrain.dev/

[withinboredom → jihadjihad]

This is when I learn I’m grug brained. Great.

[johannes1234321 → kibwen]

Today's lucky 10,000 https://xkcd.com/1053/

[zeristor → kibwen]

Is this September Endless?

[Aloha → zeristor]

Endless September, the time of the year we retell the old tales.

[audiodude → Aloha]

Wake me up when September ends?

[ShamelessC → snewman]

Indeed. Seeing this on the front page is a good reminder I’ve been on this site far too long.

[antod → ShamelessC]

I think my first exposure to it was on Slashdot, and I suspect that time wasn't its first post (pun intended).