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But if anything your own example seems to reaffirm pg's point. You fished a computer out of a garbage bin and therefore had some coding experience before univer
by Tycho 13y ago
But if anything your own example seems to reaffirm pg's point. You fished a computer out of a garbage bin and therefore had some coding experience before university age. You found it on your own. PG observes that this is 'invariably' a quality of the most successful founders and therefore (presumably) one which he looks for in prospective founders.
- tptacek 13y agoOh for fuck's sake.
- jfarmer 13y agoYeah, I'm not going to play Calvinball with you. Sorry!
- Tycho 13y agoI guess it was a privilege arguing with you.
- jfarmer 13y agoTo be honest, I didn't realize we were arguing until it turned into this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y&t=1m18s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y&t=1m18s Before that I thought I was just sharing a personal story with you to illustrate someone else's point.
- hythloday 13y agoIf you really believe that, would you be neutral on a law that forbade boys under 18 from using a computer? By your hypothesis the ones who are destined to be successful will circumvent it without penalty.
- Tycho 13y agoWhat you mean like an actual privilege and not just an inconvenience?