All that genius and no chance to execute

#1

Post by icodemyownshit » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 3:22 AM UTC

All that genius and no chance to execute
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Re: All that genius and no chance to execute

#2

Post by flashingpumpkin » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 4:17 AM UTC

i wonder why such posts kick it & attract readers. i don't see what anyone possibly could take from it except offence.

trolling 2.0?

Re: All that genius and no chance to execute

#3

Post by csmeder » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 4:37 AM UTC

flashingpumpkin wrote: post #2

i wonder why such posts kick it & attract readers. i don't see what anyone possibly could take from it except offence. trolling 2.0?

I thought it was sarcasm. He is showing people how their only real obstacle is complacency?

Re: All that genius and no chance to execute

#4

Post by gcheong » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 4:43 AM UTC

The hippies live in Berkeley.

Re: All that genius and no chance to execute

#5

Post by flashingpumpkin » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 4:49 AM UTC

csmeder wrote: post #3

flashingpumpkin wrote: post #2

i wonder why such posts kick it & attract readers. i don't see what anyone possibly could take from it except offence. trolling 2.0?

I thought it was sarcasm. He is showing people how their only real obstacle is complacency?

might be - but even if so, i don't see a point in beeing sarcastic as it does not provide anything. i don't know anything more than i did before. /2c

Re: All that genius and no chance to execute

#6

Post by mattking » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 5:12 AM UTC

well played sir. perspective.

Re: All that genius and no chance to execute

#7

Post by chrischen » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 5:38 AM UTC

flashingpumpkin wrote: post #5

csmeder wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought it was sarcasm. He is showing people how their only real obstacle is complacency?

might be - but even if so, i don't see a point in beeing sarcastic as it does not provide anything. i don't know anything more than i did before. /2c

I'm sure someone here was slightly motivated by that. Not me though, since everything he said does not apply to me.

Re: All that genius and no chance to execute

#8

Post by machrider » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 7:16 AM UTC

flashingpumpkin wrote: post #5

csmeder wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought it was sarcasm. He is showing people how their only real obstacle is complacency?

might be - but even if so, i don't see a point in beeing sarcastic as it does not provide anything. i don't know anything more than i did before. /2c

The author is using a rhetorical device called "humor". Many humans take pleasure from humorous statements.

Re: All that genius and no chance to execute

#9

Post by baguasquirrel » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 7:34 AM UTC

flashingpumpkin wrote: post #2

i wonder why such posts kick it & attract readers. i don't see what anyone possibly could take from it except offence. trolling 2.0?

It's Friday night, my brain stopped functioning correctly hours ago, I have no idea why my goddamn Javascript is blocking on a call to the backend, and I need comic relief?

More seriously, I think that's the way a lot of entrepreneurs think, and we sometimes need a slap in the back from each other. Something awful like this. Call me weak and boorish, but I shamelessly enjoyed it. It reminds of the life I am trying to avoid. The life of some relatives. The lives of friends with six and seven figure salaries with their trophy wives.

Re: All that genius and no chance to execute

#10

Post by yters » Sat, Dec 12, 2009, 9:15 AM UTC

I like it, need to indeed do what he says. Am waiting until I get deployed and actually do my part in the military, then out I go.