mfhughes

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by mfhughes 18y ago
I'm not even gonna go there with Cindy McCain. Wait I think I just did.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
> 13. Deals fall through. Yeah, sometimes silently, as in the counter-party just stops calling you back one day. Not unlike the dating scene.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
> "bind you into a period of servitude." A venture round contractually binds you, does it not? I mean that's the word they use - legally binding.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
I'll take it into consideration.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
> Do you approve of affirmative action or are you a racist? I don't believe in affirmative action, and my advice of "get used to an unfair world" is consistent with that view. Thanks for putting words into my mouth though. > I'm no
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by mfhughes 18y ago
Yeah, that's kind of my point, which is to find a way to do it on your own terms instead of accepting "almost no money" for what is most certainly going to be a significant equity concession in your company.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
You're right, I've never heard of that, and I still think it's bullshit. If you're allergic to fruit, vegetables, and nuts, you might just consider killing yourself to make the gene pool a little cleaner.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
> rewarding the lazy Have you ever seen a "lazy" person get a grant to go to college and then graduate, or are you just assuming someone who isn't white is lazy, and is getting a handout?
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by mfhughes 18y ago
> Because I'm not a minority, not living in a slum, and working my butt off All of which will contribute to your better being able to find a job when you graduate. When you show up to the interview right after a black or hispanic kid fr
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by mfhughes 18y ago
If you're having trouble following enough directions to fill out a single form, you might want to reconsider going to college. There's lots of directions and forms involved.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
Yeah, it's also used by journalists and bloggers who want to sound more clever than they really are when talking about subjects in which they have no formal training or practical experience.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
> I happen to be very allergic to all raw produce I guess I'm an idiot, because I don't believe you at all, at least not in the terms you've stated. If you had a diagnosed autoimmune disorder like Crohn's I would have no trouble believ
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by mfhughes 18y ago
Two observations about his investment thesis: 1. He says you can build companies with "almost no money": $100k - $1M, if I recall correctly. 2. He says you can delay profi^H^H^H^H^H revenue almost indefinitely by looking out on the horizon.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
I think it would be easier to make a list of things that a hacker is not.
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by mfhughes 18y ago
> Note that nowhere in this future am I writing any code. I don’t have to. This is where I get confused.
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by mfhughes 19y ago
Here's an actual example, instead of all this pontificating. It's not that impressive but it illustrates the point. I had to write an external "chat history" module (i.e., always send the last N lines of a conversation to a client as soon