I had no idea that it was 2600hz tone that what started the whole phreaking scene.

> Bill discovered that a recorder he owned could also play the tone at 2600 Hz with the same effect.

I hadn't realised this was true: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ITfQGEASYvU

Holy moly, chill. There was no criticism, nitpicking, or “telling others what to do”. What an absurd extrapolation. It was a polite and harmless observation—one that I would have appreciated getting myself, by the way—on a funny comment that requires prior knowledge to understand the joke.

And yeah, you are overanalysing. Despite having read and enjoyed Mitnick’s Ghost in the Wires¹ I had absolutely forgotten 2600 was the specific frequency and had to hop around a few links to recall what this was about. Who would self-congratulate on something so small?

Hacker News is ostensibly about curiosity, so explaining references is absolutely on topic. And being lazy is a hacker trait, I personally dislike when I don’t pursue something interesting because there was no easy link to follow.

The irony in your comment is something else. Don’t assume bad faith.

¹ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10256723-ghost-in-the-wi...

FWIW I preemptively acknowledged the irony in my comment because I admit it was a little ludicrous.

I wasn’t responding to your comment, I was would have kept it to myself as it wasn’t necessarily directed towards you personally

> Don't assume bad faith

Yes this is a personal shortcoming I am working on :)