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Yes, the founders benefit a lot from keeping their identity small. Their identity should not be as a CEO, CTO, programmer, marketer, non-technical, etc. A founder need to have a fl…

For me multiple desktop managers (KDE, gnome etc) is not a problem since Gnome 3 has become very competitive to Max OS X. The bigger problem is XOrg and it's constant tearing probl…

I agree, sleep functions still don't work on my hardware and gnome 3 is unfortunately designed to make shutdown inconvenient. Another problem you did not mention is tearing during …

It would be more interesting, but a simple test like this doesn't demonstrate much. A benchmark testsuite with a few algorithms or data processing patterns common to a domain would…

I agree. High-traffic websites are running on many of these frameworks. As long as several companies have scaled the frameworks in question, it's better to just choose the one that…

It's an interesting, but trivial test. The Rails numbers are incorrect and irrelevant now though because it's using an outdated Ruby version, 1.9.3 is now the gold standard, and ou…

There seems to be a good supply of legislators that are willing to take donations for laws that benefits special interests at the expense of the many. If this legislative problem p…

I suggest creating a list of special interest groups (strong pro- or anti-) paired with websites supporting their view that is a potential SOPA target. This list could be used by a…

The main problem is that the Google representative incorrectly presented the offer as a partnership with Mocality. This is clearly fraud as the Google representative is using the b…

There are many types of art that was created in large quantities for fun or sale to the common man like beautifully painted furniture, tree carving, jewelry, painted rooms and pain…

I will believe that Godaddy is opposing the legislation when they demand that the exception for Godaddy is removed from the legislative text. An email is cheap, especially one stat…

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Great and insightful comment! However, I think most "assholes" has an justification of their behavior that they find sufficient. If the person thinks the greatness and contribution…

“Be arrogant enough to get in the ring and naïve enough to think you can win after you feel that first punch.” (Go to 1:53 in the video) - Rich Aberman, WePay Founder

Thank you! I am happy to hear that. We're hoping these stories can be interesting and informative not only to founders, but for a general audience. And who knows, maybe you will be…

Go to 4:17 in the video to hear why Steve Blank thinks founders are artists.