lz 加油
I'll translate: lz = 楼主 ("lou zhu"), which means "original poster" (literally "landlord") 加油 ("jia you") = "persevere"
jia - add
you - oil
Started a stupid company. Failed.
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Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#332Hey, other comments are going to give you a few lines telling you to not quit, that you should hang in there, and that it'll be alright. That may be true, but to me it sounds like you're possibly not doing well enough to make any of that possible, and you probably need to find work fast. Here's what I want to do: 1. I have a little list of companies looking for employees that I'll send you. Not much just companies th…
I have for a while thought of you as (total honesty here) a bullying cock (though talented at what you do), but this comment which is sincere, genuine and offered to someone for whom this could be greatly helpful has made me seriously reconsider. Kudos.
Every coin has two faces.
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#333Dam.
Money will cone back into your life. Be grateful for your health and family health.
This may sound lacking - But - This experience may change you and you family in the better for ways you could not yet imagine.
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#334Earlier quoted context omitted.
The pot calling the kettle black
Making a new account, or using a new account to tell people to be cautious about who they throw money to on the Internet, is hardly equivalent to writing a sob story and then accepting donations from the Internet (which, to his credit, the OP seems to not have yet done). This is the Internet. People lie on it. This is not novel.
No arguments about people lying on the internet.
I found his comment a little bit patronizing. Of course its the Internet and all kinds of crazy happens.
We are adults and can make up our own minds one way or another (even if that means donating to an unknown person).
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#335Earlier quoted context omitted.
"I have for a while thought of you as (total honesty here) a bullying cock" Notice the past tense. I based that opinion on the many aggressive attacking posts by Zed (for which he is well-known), particularly the attack of Mark Pilgrim (now deleted.) That impression may be right or it may be wrong, but for good or for bad it's one that I got, and I felt my not mentioning that or hedging it here would be intellectuall…
Again, rewriting history. I attacked Mark only after he refused to fix his book, despite my offer of help, and told me to go fuck myself. He'd also attacked many other people in an exactly similar way before I did. I mean, c'mon, all I did was replicate this post Mark did: http://web.archive.org/web/20070418001022/http://diveintomar... I didn't see you calling Mark a cock after he wrote that. And, let's not forget th…
By the way, someone has released an open-source Job Board project, maybe interesting to mention in this context: https://github.com/acapilleri/job_board
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#336TBH, this is why I only have the one child. Children = big money. Also this is why people live in middle america where 50k buys you a nice big house.
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#337Earlier quoted context omitted.
Terrible, terrible advice. Every interaction with someone carries the chance of impact, the closer you get to talking about things related to or stemming from their core values the higher the chance you'll provoke a strong reaction (positive or negative). If you're not willing to potentially (perhaps not intentionally) express a viewpoint that could hurt the other person, then you'll be forever only talking about uni…
Well it's a different kind of thing to say "I think you're a cock" vs "Hey I think you're doing this wrong - I'd do this and that to improve". While the latter can have the impact you describe, the former will just create alienation and destroys any basis of sensible communication. As demonstrated above. Hurting is optional for learning. And personally I think it's entirely disposable.
First paragraph : Note that he didn't say that. Revealing a previous passive observation versus giving advice is different. He was basically just trying to say "I think I've had the wrong impression of you", but perhaps wanted to let him know just how strong of a negative impression he had. To me it read more like a sort-of public apology for holding a mistaken belief about Zed's character and possibly nudging others to reconsider any similar viewpoints.
Second point: Yup, optional just like most tools, and just like most tools there's always a set specific challenges where it can work wonders compared to the rest of the shed.
Your mileage may vary but I'd be very surprised if you can't think of a single lesson you've remembered better because there was some pain involved, we're supposedly hardwired to better remember those lessons, for obvious life-prolonging reasons.
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#338Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sometimes I think I envy people who can think like you do. But I find people who know what it means to be irrational are far more interesting.
You forfeit the freedom to be irrational when you have a child, let alone four of them.
As a parent of 6, I call bullshit.
I want my kids to take risks. I want them to challenge the status quo. I want them to think for themselves. I want them to appreciate the irrational.
I don't care if they get an xbox for Christmas.
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#339What that does not kill you makes you stronger. No product + Sales = company. Product + no Sales = No company. It's only money, you have your health, your wife and 3 wonderful children, plus a beautiful promise underway. You can start the next one, loosing the stupid, with less than 100$ these days. A days worth of pay saved at the local burger shop. Pick the parts up and charge ahead. Just remember, no sales, no com…
What schlock.
Many things that don't kill you can make you weaker - try quadriplegia on for size. Health is closely tied to money and employment in the US. Someone working at "the local burger shop" with three kids can't spare a day's pay - and $100/day is pretty unlikely take-home pay for minimum wage, anyways.
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#340On my worst days, my kids are still thrilled to see me when I get home. Hang in there! There's nothing wrong with getting a boring corporate job while you regroup. I think Zed is the best help you can find, but post an email address in response to this and I'll drop you an email and see if I can help.