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> Every VC pitch is about some ground-breaking tech or unassailable moat that will be built around a massive SAM A surface-to-air missile? As funny as that wo
by thaumasiotes 1y ago
> Every VC pitch is about some ground-breaking tech or unassailable moat that will be built around a massive SAM
A surface-to-air missile?
As funny as that would be, maybe you should define your terms before you try to use them.
- busterarm 1y ago[flagged]
- Philpax 1y agoHacker News may be hosted as part of the Y Combinator website, but as the name suggests, the primary audience is hackers, not entrepreneurs. Your answer is good, but could have done without the condescension.
- busterarm 1y ago[flagged]
- Philpax 1y agoBy all means; I also work at a start-up. That doesn't mean that everyone here does, or is interested in doing so, or will have the necessary background. All I ask of you is to present information in the spirit of the XKCD 10,000: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- jibal 1y agoperfect
- busterarm 1y ago[flagged]
- MisterMower 1y agoStack Overflow is that way, sir. This is Hacker News.
- esseph 1y ago> most of us are hackers employed at startups Bold claim, should we do a poll? How long should we let it run for, a week, two weeks?
- esseph 1y agoOr you're not interested in finding out and just downvote, cool, cool.
- janalsncm 1y agoReading the original context, missiles don’t even make sense. I agree condescension isn’t helpful though.
- recursive 1y agoThat's probably how the poster knew it was wrong.
- MyOutfitIsVague 1y agoBeen here for years (across many different accounts), and this is the first time I've heard of these terms. I am here for programming content, not business.
- busterarm 1y agoWhy should I expect anyone who openly admits to having multiple accounts on the site in clear opposition to the site rules to have any level of awareness? I'm sure dang will come and ding me for this one, but I'm sitting here having my points undermined by literal sockpuppets.
- jibal 1y agoWeird ad hominem flex. And "across" doesn't imply multiple accounts at once. People who register with their company email may be forced to create a new account when they leave the company (perhaps with sudden and unexpected loss of access to the account). Here's the actual guideline (not rule): "Throwaway accounts are ok for sensitive information, but please don't create accounts routinely. HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to." People have commented both appreciating your clear definitions and calling you out for the condescension, with a perfect xkcd suggesting an attitude change. It's up to you how you react to such feedback.
- MyOutfitIsVague 1y agoI never have more than one account at a time. I can get addicted to social media, like everybody else, and sometimes I find that I'm wasting way too much time talking on HN (and sometimes having arguments). I also dislike a permanent backlog of everything that I've ever said being attached to me. When I feel this way, and when I feel like noprocrast isn't doing a good enough job modulating my addictive tendencies, I retire my account (locking myself out of it intentionally) and take a few months away, usually eventually making another account. You're being needlessly aggressive and making some uncalled-for assumptions.
- _carbyau_ 1y agoYour definitions provided immediate clarity. Thank you!
- epistasis 1y agoThe reply defining terms from busterarm was flagged, so I'm repeating them here: > TAM or Total Available Market is the total market demand for a product or service. SAM or Serviceable Available Market is the segment of the TAM targeted by your products and services which is within your geographical reach. SOM or Serviceable Obtainable Market is the portion of SAM that you can capture.