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There's a sliding scale between fake it `till you make it and fraud.
Yeah, fraud is what happens when you don't make it.
Laws don't apply to you if you are big enough (e.g. AI companies)
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It's auditing, nobody that is good at doing anything goes to auditing, unfortunately its one of those jobs. I haven't interacted with any auditor that actually understood all they were auditing, some are better than others but the average is worse than almost any other job description I have dealt with.
If you care about this stuff you need to in-house auditing and do your own audits with people who care. Then get certified by an external auditor for the paper. You can start very lightweight with doing spec driven development with the help of AI if you're at a size where you can't afford that. It's better than nothing. But the important part is you, as a company, should inherently care. If you rely on an auditor fee…
But companies don't care. They don't want compliance for feel goods, they want compliance because their partners require it. They do the minimum amount required to check the box
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#193An I the only one who has 404 not found when I click the link
which means it was removed...which is the entire point of the post bruv
This is where I'd actually appreciate "blog spam" i.e. a quick post to mention the URL, link to archive to show what was there before and explain the significance.
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#194Earlier quoted context omitted.
> people you don't want to associate with That’s an oversimplification of what your parent comment said, which was someone who has betrayed your trust . > It would be interesting if you didn't Why? What’s interesting about it? You don’t have to actively wish harm on people who harmed you, but there’s nothing strange about not wishing them well.
You make it sound like wishing harm or wishing wellness are activities while not wishing anything is just the default passive state. To me the default posture is not indifference, but wishing wellness. We throw around words like "interesting", which is a subtle way to say "not normal", which is a subtle way to say that that's not how we would behave and that we think that others shouldn't behave that way either. So I…
> You make it sound like wishing harm or wishing wellness are activities while not wishing anything is just the default passive state.
Not what I said.
> To me the default posture is not indifference, but wishing wellness.
Same here. I’m not convinced that’s the default state for everyone, though. David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” comes to mind.
> We throw around words like "interesting", which is a subtle way to say "not normal", which is a subtle way to say that that's not how we would behave and that we think that others shouldn't behave that way either.
Sure, I get that. Though you’re still answering as if what was in question was the neutral state of “people you don’t associate with” rather than the negative state in question mentioned by your original parent comment of “someone who has wronged you”.
> I'll just say that I wish it was normal to wish well to others, regardless of their actions or repercussions you impose on them.
Interesting. No criticism on my part. My wish would rather be that we don’t wrong each other (which, crucially, requires intentionality) in the first place. And while I don’t typically wish ill on others, I don’t think it’s wrong to not wish well on those who cause harm. If you’re a despot oppressing millions of people for your own selfish benefit, I don’t really think wishing you well is a positive action.
But again, no judgement, I was trying to understand your position, so thank you for clarifying. Have a nice weekend.
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#195Someone leaked an internal Bookface chat from Garry Tan (YC CEO) saying: We have asked Delve to leave YC. YC is a community, not just an accelerator. The founders in our community have to trust each other, and we have to trust them. When that trust breaks down, there's really only one thing to do. We're not going to get into the details publicly. We wish them well. https://x.com/___4o____/status/2040271468874076380 I…
"They've betrayed my trust but I wish them well" is an interesting statement.
It's the polite way of saying goodbye when you actually mean "eff off"
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#196This other profile is still up: https://www.forbes.com/profile/delve/ 30U30 never ceases to amaze.
I wonder if the kind of personality that gets you on 30U30 correlates with being willing to engage in massive fraud, and being able to get away with it for a minute. Holmes, SBF, Shkreli, Charlie Javice, Ishan Wahi...
Yes? I mean, 30U30 has probably some, let's say, "PR steering" behind it
Not "Pay2Win" but possibly something less involved
Re: Delve removed from Y Combinator
#197Interesting! I worked for one YC startup that committed blatant fraud, with the founders vanishing when investors started chasing them to bring them to responsibility. And they haven't been removed. Just marked as "inactive".
As early investors, did YC benefit from the fraud at the expense of the newer investors ?
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Seems crazy that anyone (startups and buyers) would trust these guys for audit. Shows the “compliance theatre” of what SOC2 has become
It's always been one. Every single technical auditor I've dealt with has been majorly incompetent and wanted to do things that would decrease security. And these were not some cheap bottom of the barrel companies but the big "industry leaders".
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Ycombinator may have financially benefited from the scam operations since the company subsequently raised funds. Considering they do due diligence before investment and are experts in IT and legal, how could they not know what is the business model when it was the unique selling point ?
Because Delve defrauded them.
Yeah, yeah... of course, of course... like telehealth companies prescribing GLP-1 Ozempic/Wegovy where there is one doctor for 10000 patients. Totally sounds legit.
Re: Delve removed from Y Combinator
#200Someone leaked an internal Bookface chat from Garry Tan (YC CEO) saying: We have asked Delve to leave YC. YC is a community, not just an accelerator. The founders in our community have to trust each other, and we have to trust them. When that trust breaks down, there's really only one thing to do. We're not going to get into the details publicly. We wish them well. https://x.com/___4o____/status/2040271468874076380 I…
"They've betrayed my trust but I wish them well" is an interesting statement.
Apparently Garry Tan has the same warm feelings and friendly relationship with Delve as Trump has with Ghislaine Maxwell.
Trump On Ghislaine Maxwell: "I Just Wish Her Well" | NBC News