On a related note, I think it's pretty cool to pop in IRC and "get to know" people from HN better. You can only tell so much about people based on static commen

On a related note, I think it's pretty cool to pop in IRC and "get to know" people from HN better. You can only tell so much about people based on static comments, and chatting freely on IRC gives you a chance to have a bit of a more free flowing informal conversation. #startups I'd hope that if I offended someone on here, they'd just grab me on IRC and chat, rather than post a lengthly writeup :/