throwawaymaroon

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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
So, no, guelo, there isn't. :)
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
In the context of my discussing someone's motivations, that was intended to be an example where those motivations were on topic and in particular not those of another poster. For instance, discussion of the motivations of Sam Altman in
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
>How are we supposed constructively discuss a problem that hasn't even been proven to exist? We can't even begin if people demolish all introspective criticism. >We disagree that insults are ever necessary. There's insu
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
I see. So any time a community displays well-known herding behaviors in a destructive manner, we can not discuss this behavior because that would be insulting and inflammatory. (No shit it'd be insulting and inflammatory. Sometimes
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
...What are you doing? Talking about 'the hivemind' isn't under some sort of blanket ban, and you're shutting down a right to a viewpoint simply because you think it's 'too negative'? This is exactly the
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
And who gets to decide who's being respectful and constructive? Hence Pangloss.
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Quite frankly, I don't think this place has the capability to discern constructive "positive" negativity from truly pointless garbage. Meanwhile the cloaked negativity where you're thinking cutting criticism but mainta
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
"We realized that the goal of putting Dartium in every browser was monopolistic and made us look bad, even if we had good intentions" would be avoiding spin. This is a setback for Dart and Dart's mission statement, and everyo
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
I sympathize very strongly with this position, but I think there is another way to look at it that's at least worth considering. Think of it as advocating for all work to be paid more. Those people doing "real work for a living
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
This is just a subjective feeling blending personal and second-hand experience, but it seems extremely unlikely to me that a joke in presentation context would drive someone over the edge. Being unable to joke about it, however, is stifling
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
... you've really escaped the cycle of negative feedback, haven't you? ;)
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Normally I'm all for entertaining whatever criticism anyone has, but this displays exactly the worst aspects of armchair commentary. I don't think you have any understanding of what the situation on the ground was like. 1. What, d
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Just giving feedback as someone that's theoretically right square in the middle of your target audience. I really want to take this 'college course' and take advantage of what I see as your opportunity as a security expert
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
>I think we plan on making minimal demands of our users, and none of them involve grooming them for prospective employers. >most of the people who participate aren't going to be looking for a job when they do. This is weird, and
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Which is why I was careful to prepend "generous" to every instance of "education" in my response. Starfighter isn't generosity of knowledge, it's barter of it. Perhaps what you're saying is true in that u
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Edit: The following is a neutral appraisal, not a criticism of either the implicit or explicit variety. If you feel that it is an accusation or a criticism, I would suggest that indicates something unrealistic in how you view business neg
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Will you be allowing anonymous participation? By this I mean, the article uses some creepy language as only a company enthusiastic about its power to broker reputation can. >>We can tell you exactly what happened when your candidates
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Just because you're tired of it doesn't mean his niche isn't provocatively positioned.
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
I suppose you're correct that Adria's actions are within the rules of the game ('anything goes!'), but what I'm saying is she played the game poorly by trying to prevent people from knowing she got someone fired. &g
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
That is a fatuous, petty equivalence. I am not a subject of a story being told in the public eye. I am not being asked by anyone to modify the telling of my story to please their agenda. Asking someone to bear false witness is not compara
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
...I really don't know what you even intend to mean with this. The truth is that this is a forum that allows anonymous discourse, and I'm not pretending my participation is anything more than that. I hope you explain yourself, be
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
The line is crossed when she wants to obscure the truth in her image's favor.
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
I am curious if you believe that there is a standard for human sexual behavior that is safe and never inappropriate. I think it is quite likely that Gundotra is a sleazy slimeball and Google has covered its ass by trying its best to ignore
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
I didn't think calling HN immature meant shaming males, personally. I just don't think this place can handle the divisive nature of the passion inherent to the subject. And it's not like any forum really can, as Aloisius says
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Quickly proving sukilot's point, are you? Gender issues are petty and superfluous?
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
I don't actually know that she is or isn't getting more criticism because she's a woman. I just think you really underestimate how much contempt is stewing for YC and PG.
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Lots of people, myself included, have spent time calling YC and PG out. If anything, I think she's getting some flak just for being high up in YC. It's odd that you think Paul Graham's writing is only worshipped here. There
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
It might be comforting, and it might even be true, but this kind of cheerful optimism is simply in bad taste in my view. It's either hubristic or it's empty in content, in that we know the promise the future might hold. Techn
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
Using a PC approach to protect wealthy people from criticism. Humorous.
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by throwawaymaroon 12y ago
I assume you're saying this with a certain amount of irony. He was just a kid, for one, and in the Valley, "socialized" doesn't mean respectable, it means "willing to appear to toe the party line."

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