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The Rise of Whatever

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627 points cratermoon | 4 comments | 04 Jul 25 04:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.609s | source
1. moralestapia ◴[04 Jul 25 06:04 UTC] 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 ◴[04 Jul 25 09:08 UTC] 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 ◴[04 Jul 25 10:40 UTC] No.44463290[source]▶
I have a feeling you don't know what the "claim to fame" expression means :)
4. moralestapia ◴[04 Jul 25 11:48 UTC] No.44463699[source]▶
Nice, TIL.