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The Putnam Competition questions seem very interesting.

http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/




That's a pretty funny thread.

Near the bottom you see this guy talking about his startup ideas and Drew Houston replies and asked him if he wants to help with Dropbox.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35088


And of course -- Colin's tarsnap is still essentially the same as it ever was (a brilliant technical solution with awful marketing) - and Dropbox is one of the jewel's in YC's crown.

(See this recent post on tarsnap: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7523953 )




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