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This seems interesting, I left my email. Gotta say, though, really turned off by the ninja stuff (and 300 picture). No, I don't wage covert warfare in feudal Ja
by rattray 15y ago
This seems interesting, I left my email. Gotta say, though, really turned off by the ninja stuff (and 300 picture). No, I don't wage covert warfare in feudal Japan. I do, however, enjoy shipping great code as fast as possible.
- hkmurakami 15y agoWhen I saw the name (NCombinator) and the Ninjas, I was all but convinced that this was a tongue and cheek, well designed humor page. Alas...
- railsjedi 15y agoWe figured we'd err on the side of humor. Rather that than take ourselves too seriously. Startups are damn hard. A support network needs to be fun, not a drag.
- hkmurakami 15y agoI can certainly understand and empathize with your intentions, but as some of the reactions in this thread have shown, the intended sarcasm is instead being taken at face value by some, and perhaps alienating those people. Then again, the people who are overly sensitive/annoyed about the whole brogramming/ninja craze may be unlikely to join ncombinator anyways, so perhaps there is no real downside anyways.
- saiko-chriskun 15y agoI loved the page, don't listen to these fools :P
- hkmurakami 15y agoIs the page well designed? Exceedingly so. I was quite impressed myself. Are the ninja references distracting, if not outright disenfranchising for a good fraction of Ncombinator's audience? I am asserting that unfortunately, this is the case.
- justncase80 15y agoAgreed, I have a hard time taking this seriously.