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That all sounds like a fancy way of saying "playing the lottery".
by vacri 10y ago
That all sounds like a fancy way of saying "playing the lottery".
- aub3bhat 10y agoThats like saying programming is fancy way of saying "banging fingers on keyboard".
- signa11 10y ago> Thats like saying programming is fancy way of saying "banging fingers on keyboard". perhaps you were referring to the 'infinite monkey theorem' ? i would rather believe programming to be nothing like that.
- collyw 10y agotest driven development seems to encourage that. Bang away until it turns green.
- hardlianotion 10y agoYou should try precisely that - much harder to do than it seems.
- vacri 10y agoLet me paraphrase the parent: "fiscal gibberish, fiscal gibberish, Then, in the very small chance that your equity is actually worth something [sic], fiscal gibberish, fiscal gibberish" Sounds almost like the definition of a lottery to me.
- mcherm 10y agoNo, it really isn't. I agree roughly with the claim that you should plan your life based on the assumption that your stock options are quite likely to be worthless, but the comment you replied to is making specific and highly meaningful points that anyone receiving options really needs to understand.
- bbcbasic 10y agoThe odds aren't THAT short.