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I just forked the vs code repo and didn't screw up statements on a license for a business model. I'm clearly the superior hedge and I'll be waiting for my chec

I just forked the vs code repo and didn't screw up statements on a license for a business model. I'm clearly the superior hedge and I'll be waiting for my check.

jdamon96 2y ago
you're obviously joking, but it'd be interesting if you actually tried :) people seem so caught up in founders' particular ideas at the pre-seed stage and forget that YC is investing in people - specifically: people who try. you can jokingly quip that you'd be better at forking vs code, but at the end of the day they're doing it - not "waiting for their check" - and you're making fun of them on the internet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- drpossum 2y ago
  You're right, I am joking. I have my own ventures that carry some dignity. It's also premature for a claim that they are "people who try" as they have not produced anything except mistakes and apologies. Also, maybe consider you're spending your time baselessly defending strangers on the internet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - ahoka 2y ago
    When there's gold rush, sell shovels: create a startup with an AI product for defending other AI startups' blatantly unimaginative idea.
- satvikpendem 2y ago
  > people seem so caught up in founders' particular ideas at the pre-seed stage and forget that YC is investing in people - specifically: people who try. Are they? Seems like based on this YC alum [0], the reality these days is otherwise. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41697032 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41697032
wg0 2y ago
"Fork you"
- K0balt 2y ago
  Nah, go fork yourself. But seriously, this has got to feel pretty shite for continue. What is their impetus to roll out new features when they know that pear can focus on only the icing on top of that milestone, inherently making continue look like a less polished version of pear, when in fact they were the innovators? I think what we have here is an antisynergy of the incentives baked into open-source and capital speculation. It’s a recursion bug that undermines the incentive structure, and YC was foolish to be so disloyal to their partners.
  - wg0 2y ago
    I have no clue man. Dial me in when you do. I don't see many AI companies reaching billion dollar valuations and I don't see any AI company retaining billion dollar valuations in the next five to ten years.
    - K0balt 2y ago
      Yeah, building on AI is tricky, because no matter what you are up to, gpt12 is coming to eat your lunch lol. I think the safest bet is in niches where you bring unusual or hard to obtain datasets to the table. Training data is the only moat.
- DonHopkins 2y ago
  What you need is a good value added Spork.

I just forked the vs code repo and didn't screw up statements on a license for a business model. I'm clearly the superior hedge and I'll be waiting for my check.

jdamon96 2y ago

you're obviously joking, but it'd be interesting if you actually tried :) people seem so caught up in founders' particular ideas at the pre-seed stage and forget that YC is investing in people - specifically: people who try. you can jokingly quip that you'd be better at forking vs code, but at the end of the day they're doing it - not "waiting for their check" - and you're making fun of them on the internet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

drpossum 2y ago
You're right, I am joking. I have my own ventures that carry some dignity. It's also premature for a claim that they are "people who try" as they have not produced anything except mistakes and apologies. Also, maybe consider you're spending your time baselessly defending strangers on the internet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- ahoka 2y ago
  When there's gold rush, sell shovels: create a startup with an AI product for defending other AI startups' blatantly unimaginative idea.
satvikpendem 2y ago
> people seem so caught up in founders' particular ideas at the pre-seed stage and forget that YC is investing in people - specifically: people who try. Are they? Seems like based on this YC alum [0], the reality these days is otherwise. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41697032 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41697032

wg0 2y ago

"Fork you"

K0balt 2y ago
Nah, go fork yourself. But seriously, this has got to feel pretty shite for continue. What is their impetus to roll out new features when they know that pear can focus on only the icing on top of that milestone, inherently making continue look like a less polished version of pear, when in fact they were the innovators? I think what we have here is an antisynergy of the incentives baked into open-source and capital speculation. It’s a recursion bug that undermines the incentive structure, and YC was foolish to be so disloyal to their partners.
- wg0 2y ago
  I have no clue man. Dial me in when you do. I don't see many AI companies reaching billion dollar valuations and I don't see any AI company retaining billion dollar valuations in the next five to ten years.
  - K0balt 2y ago
    Yeah, building on AI is tricky, because no matter what you are up to, gpt12 is coming to eat your lunch lol. I think the safest bet is in niches where you bring unusual or hard to obtain datasets to the table. Training data is the only moat.
DonHopkins 2y ago
What you need is a good value added Spork.