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We can easily get lost on the definition of words without looking at what the OP was asking. You are correct based on the specific definition of stealing, but I'm pretty sure the OP meant "taking something of value without paying that value
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If the people putting the time/money into producing the content don't make it available to you, then that's their choice. They're still putting a value on it, so if you obtain the content without providing them that value, then it's stealin
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Sorry, missed that. I just went by what was said in the video, so I didn't realize there was a separate benefit to the $50 pledge other than what they said you get for the $20 pledge in the video. My bad.
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My understanding of the video is that the first one was 3D-printed, but they need the money so they can use injection molding, and your donation is a pre-order for the injection-molded batch they produce.
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These mistakes are so obvious that I'm starting to believe that some of these companies do it on purpose so they can get a tonne of PR, make things right, then look like the "hey, we fucked up because we're human but we fixed it quickly bec
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Put a value on the options, then ask yourself the same question: I'll give you $200,000 to work for me for four years. But if we don't go public for eight years, I'll give you $200,000 to work for me for eight years. Doesn't make much sense
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Employees want to balance options vs. salary vs. time. They need fixed numbers to calculate this. With your approach, they get penalized if your company takes too long to sell/go public. If I have a four year vesting schedule, I know that i
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I look at where the slash and backslash keys are (along with the pipe and question mark), and I realize I would smash this thing to bits within about two minutes of using it.
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http://www.litigationandtrial.com/2010/09/articles/litigatio...
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Have a conversation with somebody who is interested in discussing ideas with you. It can be anybody, really, even if they aren't interested in pursuing something like you are. Just the act of having a dialog with a person (vs. the internal
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Of course it matters, and the only person it matters to is Zuckerberg. I don't understand why anyone should tell an entrepreneur when they should sell and where the threshold is. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any huge, super-succ
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Depends whether or not you believe Zuckerberg genuinely wanted to build a world-changing business. If that's his main goal (and the more I hear him talk, the more I start to believe it), and he genuinely believes he can do it, then taking t
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I read it more as Tim saying "this is now our company and I'm letting you know", so any previous rules are already out the window ;-)
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It was intentional and meant to be lighthearted. Tough crowd.
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Some people get annoyed by bad grammar. Other people get annoyed when every grammar mistake is pointed out. Ninety-five percent (or more) of the people who read that saw the mistakes. We could potentially have a grammar conversation about e
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It's not that I disagree with you; I just thought you could of been a bit less harsh.
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Fuck, man, take it down a notch.
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You're unhappy that people aren't going to the New page so you wrote an observation that can only be seen by going to the New page ;-) In all seriousness, it took me quite awhile before getting into the habit of going to the New page, but n
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You know you've made it when people you don't know start publicly criticizing you. Props, Patrick ;-)
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Some people will question him no matter what he does, when it happens, or what else is going on at the time. Same thing happened (and continues to happen) with Gates. How do you know he's not just being generous? If you don't, then why the
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Off-topic, but maybe mention that in your initial posting too. I never think twice about copying/pasting if there isn't a URL in the main posting (but I'm in a home office and don't have the work office issues you're trying to help people a
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Debates are rarely pointless when all parties are willing participants.
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I read this more as a young kid said something stupid over IM, maybe to be cool, maybe not, but people -- especially young people -- say dumb shit all the time to be cool, even if they don't mean what the say. Yes, he's now the CEO of a hug
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I'd rather not read something that's too long and/or off-topic than take away someone's ability to post it. This type of system sounds way too complicated. I've read some AMAZING long responses here. And I've read total crap where the main
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An idea that's easy to steal probably means that you either won't get a patent if you try (and you're wasting your time and money), or that if you do get the patent it might not even be enforceable down the road (and you'll have wasted even
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It scales inside YC (which I have no problem with). If Matt didn't have the connection, he'd still be screwed. I think it's a great move on YC's part, but it doesn't change the fact that Matt was just a normal guy who didn't have many optio
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Don't worry about it. The first programming class you take isn't about the language. When I did my degree, we learned in Pascal, then were required to learn C, C++, etc. on our own for more advanced classes. Your first class is about concep
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Alcohol affects my work like it affects my success with women: after three or four, I'm in the zone... then it's all downhill from there.
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In my experience, it's way worse in government (although that could be because they have large unions that protect the deadwood, not just because it's government).

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