cathames

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   by cathames 6y ago

   "idiotic" was stated by the original post, not my reply. My objection is to the formulation that massive financial success in tech is proof of genius-level intellect. Being relatively smart may be necessary, but it is certainly no
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   by cathames 6y ago

   2011 is the context: a height of the start-up wave, ascendance of FB--presumably due to "genius". The implication being that if you are really smarter than others you must have the rewards to show it. Hopefully this would be recei
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   by cathames 7y ago

   thanks for writing what I've been thinking for so long
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   by cathames 8y ago

   Luck is a huge part of success. It's mythology that if you work hard enough for long enough that the world will become your oyster. Sweat and ingenuity are often necessary but not necessarily sufficient means to financial gain. No one
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   by cathames 13y ago

   SEEKING WORK - San Francisco / remote / travel to exotic locales Specializing in: Ruby, Rails, iOS, OpenGL ES, GLSL shaders, 3-D simulation, real-time physics, and C++ across all platforms. Available for short and long term contra