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627 points cratermoon | 4 comments | | HN request time: 0.609s | source
1. moralestapia ◴[] No.44461570[source]
>by a man whose other claims to fame are inventing JavaScript

But he did invent JavaScript ...

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2. Doxin ◴[] No.44462701[source]
calling it a "claim to fame" is not implying it's not true. It's an idiom. Wiktionary defines it as "That for which one has bragging rights; one's reason for being well-known or famous."
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3. alternatex ◴[] No.44463290[source]
I have a feeling you don't know what the "claim to fame" expression means :)
4. moralestapia ◴[] No.44463699[source]
Nice, TIL.