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Techbros: we don't ask permission, we don't play by the rules, we move fast and break things, the world is our libertarian playground. Also Techbros: pls look

Techbros: we don't ask permission, we don't play by the rules, we move fast and break things, the world is our libertarian playground. Also Techbros: pls look in ur heart and do the right thing for us pls.

cableshaft 5y ago
So the same mentality as startups then, like Uber's CEO "Innovators Shouldn't Have To Ask For Permission Or Forgiveness"[1] or Facebook's original motto for developers being "Move fast and break things"[2]. Also here's a list of 11 startup entrepreneurs who "broke all the rules and achieved great success" according to this article[3]. Also found several people claiming that "Disrupters don't play by the rules"[4][5][6], and startups love to consider themselves "Disruptors for X technology"[7] to the point of parody in the HBO's Silicon Valley tv show, and even an entire startup convention named after it (TechCrunch Disrupt)[8]. Unfortunately, I think it will be tough to pin down anyone claiming anything is their "libertarian playground" (including the techbros that you're pretending are saying that), so I have to leave that one untouched. Also, if getting hacked is all that's needed in order to get the mockery and derision of HN, then you pretty much all should be mocking yourselves, since the past few years have shown that there's almost no company of any decent size that doesn't eventually get hacked, and there's a good chance you're working for a company that has been hacked or will in the next five years. In the last few years I alone have gotten notifications of having possible leaked data from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Netflix, Target, Michael's, Equifax, and probably at least a dozen more companies, and I'm sure probably at least a dozen more on top of that never bothered to notify me. [1]: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130130/18445721832/ubers-ceo-innovators-shouldnt-have-to-ask-permission-forgiveness.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130130/18445721832/ubers... [2]: https://mindmatters.ai/2018/10/facebooks-old-motto-was-move-fast-and-break-things/ https://mindmatters.ai/2018/10/facebooks-old-motto-was-move-... [3]: https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/328085 https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/328085 [4]: https://twitter.com/accenturetech/status/575606603644272640 https://twitter.com/accenturetech/status/575606603644272640 [5]: https://youtu.be/NRjVcogNRac https://youtu.be/NRjVcogNRac [6]: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/disruptors-dont-play-rules-reuven-gorsht/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/disruptors-dont-play-rules-re... [7]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/disruption-silicon-valleys-buzzword https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/disruptio... [8]: https://techcrunch.com/events/tc-disrupt-2021/ https://techcrunch.com/events/tc-disrupt-2021/
- istinetz 5y ago
  wait, what? Are startups somehow not tech bros?
  - cableshaft 5y ago
    Yeah I'm not really arguing that they're not, more that we're on a forum that tends to venerate startups, and yet the parent comment is using the same comments that startups use as a bad thing against crypto platforms.

cableshaft 5y ago

So the same mentality as startups then, like Uber's CEO "Innovators Shouldn't Have To Ask For Permission Or Forgiveness"[1] or Facebook's original motto for developers being "Move fast and break things"[2]. Also here's a list of 11 startup entrepreneurs who "broke all the rules and achieved great success" according to this article[3]. Also found several people claiming that "Disrupters don't play by the rules"[4][5][6], and startups love to consider themselves "Disruptors for X technology"[7] to the point of parody in the HBO's Silicon Valley tv show, and even an entire startup convention named after it (TechCrunch Disrupt)[8]. Unfortunately, I think it will be tough to pin down anyone claiming anything is their "libertarian playground" (including the techbros that you're pretending are saying that), so I have to leave that one untouched. Also, if getting hacked is all that's needed in order to get the mockery and derision of HN, then you pretty much all should be mocking yourselves, since the past few years have shown that there's almost no company of any decent size that doesn't eventually get hacked, and there's a good chance you're working for a company that has been hacked or will in the next five years. In the last few years I alone have gotten notifications of having possible leaked data from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Netflix, Target, Michael's, Equifax, and probably at least a dozen more companies, and I'm sure probably at least a dozen more on top of that never bothered to notify me. [1]: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130130/18445721832/ubers-ceo-innovators-shouldnt-have-to-ask-permission-forgiveness.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130130/18445721832/ubers... [2]: https://mindmatters.ai/2018/10/facebooks-old-motto-was-move-fast-and-break-things/ https://mindmatters.ai/2018/10/facebooks-old-motto-was-move-... [3]: https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/328085 https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/328085 [4]: https://twitter.com/accenturetech/status/575606603644272640 https://twitter.com/accenturetech/status/575606603644272640 [5]: https://youtu.be/NRjVcogNRac https://youtu.be/NRjVcogNRac [6]: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/disruptors-dont-play-rules-reuven-gorsht/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/disruptors-dont-play-rules-re... [7]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/disruption-silicon-valleys-buzzword https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/disruptio... [8]: https://techcrunch.com/events/tc-disrupt-2021/ https://techcrunch.com/events/tc-disrupt-2021/

istinetz 5y ago
wait, what? Are startups somehow not tech bros?
- cableshaft 5y ago
  Yeah I'm not really arguing that they're not, more that we're on a forum that tends to venerate startups, and yet the parent comment is using the same comments that startups use as a bad thing against crypto platforms.