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Source of the famous “Now you have two problems” quote (2006)
As I mentioned in my previous post , my Mastering Regular Expressions book was just reviewed on Slashdot . One thing that struck me in reading all the resulting comments was the (several different copies of an) apparently famous quote that goes something like:
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- 159
- HN comments
- 236
- Submissions
- 4
- Cited by
- 39 commenters
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2015 | Source of the famous “Now you have two problems” quote (2006) by tambourine_man | 159 | 60 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Source of the famous “Now you have two problems” quote (2006) by ColinWright | 154 | 117 |
| Feb 8, 2013 | Source of the famous “Now you have two problems” quote (2006) by thewarrior | 145 | 41 |
| Mar 16, 2010 | Source of the famous “Now you have two problems” quote by l0stman | 75 | 18 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 41 Hacker News comments by 39 different people, from Oct 2009 to Nov 2025.
Most recent:
- smitty1e · Nov 15, 2025
- DonHopkins · Oct 20, 2025
- jeffrallen · Feb 5, 2025
- shlomo_z · Jan 15, 2025
- cletus · Oct 6, 2024
- kimmeld · Mar 14, 2024
