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It is annoying, only because it is obvious tabloid-level gossip and has nothing to do with the events involved. We should be talking about the Canadian start up
by c2 16y ago
It is annoying, only because it is obvious tabloid-level gossip and has nothing to do with the events involved. We should be talking about the Canadian start up scene, Waterloo in particular, not this guy's age. But something tells me something about his age is the reason this got upvoted so much.
Age is no different then skin color, marital status, or any other attribute you could assign to a person. I always (try to) by default ignore it from headlines and articles.
- pvilchez 16y agoI'm not a fan of trying to put spin on anything - when I submitted the story, the only edits I made to the original title were to satisfy HN's 80 character limit.
- c2 16y agoI understand, the spin came directly from Velocity.
- o1iver 16y agoSo you ignore age/skin color/marital status/etc? So it is not more impressive if a single mother with 3 kids starts a startup than a 45 year-old rich serial-entrepreneur. It is not more impressive if a 16 year old solves one of the millennium problems (as opposed to a 65 year old career academic)? Of course it is more impressive and I wouldn't ignore these factors...