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Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by objclxt »

Tossrock wrote: post #74
dragonsky wrote: post #25

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My understanding is that he's been with this girl since Facebook started anyway. I'd be surprised if she did not have a fair stake in Facebook even if she were not married to Mark.

Why would she have shares? If she wasn't an employee I don't see why she would. I mean Mark might have given her some as an anniversary gift/etc at some point, but you don't get shares in a company just for dating the founder. Although I suppose she could have been part of a friends/family founding round.

He gifted his father some shares, is it that surprising he'd gift his partner/wife shares as well?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by sp332 »

wilfra wrote: post #123
stroboskop wrote: post #95

I cannot comment on the content at all because I can't access the submission. Pages submitted to HN should simply not be behind login walls, which is why I flagged this. This thread already has multiple references to the fact that you have to log in to see the submitted post. There are many HN users without a FB account. For them, the headline of the submission cannot be verified by clicking on the link. Although the…

When you see the URL is facebook.com just assume it is behind a login wall and don't click it. The other 99.5% of people wont care because they have FB accounts. Whats the problem?

News about acquisitions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3817840 or interesting hacks by FB employees https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2002742 and actual engineering details https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3347457 are hosted on facebook.com and are HN-worthy.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by Destroyer661 »

heretohelp wrote: post #75
no-espam wrote: post #50

He's not too smart is he? Married in CA right when the money starts rolling in. HALF! I hope he has a good prenup.

Not everyone is as utterly consumed with money as you are.

It's not just about money. If he has a majority share, and she ends up divorcing him and taking half of whatever she can get, it may destabilize the company. At that point, it's not just about Mark and his wife, there are jobs and people's well being's hanging in the balance.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by heyitsnick »

alecbenzer wrote: post #100
stroboskop wrote: post #95

I cannot comment on the content at all because I can't access the submission. Pages submitted to HN should simply not be behind login walls, which is why I flagged this. This thread already has multiple references to the fact that you have to log in to see the submitted post. There are many HN users without a FB account. For them, the headline of the submission cannot be verified by clicking on the link. Although the…

Dis-allowing links like this seems extreme. I think appending something like "[requires facebook]" to the title as a matter of etiquette would work. As a kind of loose analogy, no one really has problems with links to pdfs, but you don't need to have a pdf reader to sign up for HN (and I often see the "[pdf]" notice appended to such links).

You PDF analogy is an apt example, as the [pdf] part links to scribd where you can view the document online without a PDF reader.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by stephencanon »

robryan wrote: post #79
fusiongyro wrote: post #59

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Prenups really kill the mood. "I love you til death do us part"—but if you turn out to be a bitch I'm totally cutting you off. Lots of aspects of marriage, and society in general, don't stand up to rational scrutiny. We're not just fallible, we're downright wooey. That doesn't mean these institutions are valueless or predatory—just that the human experience is not primarily about the rational. I could see this one ei…

Losing half your wealth when things go south also kills the mood. You are right it comes down to rational vs emotional decision. From what I have seen of the public persona of Mark you would think there would be something there. The guy has carefully crafted deals up to this stage to ensure he keeps maximum control.

Losing half your wealth should have approximately zero effect. Any computer scientist will tell you that "a factor of two is close enough".

I'm joking, but there's a hint of truth here. I can't imagine any level of wealth at which suddenly having half (or twice) as much would make any difference to me at all. A factor of two either way really wouldn't change my life appreciably.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by heyitsnick »

zerostar07 wrote: post #128
Toucan wrote: post #124

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"To marry" is a verb. "Married" is the past tense. The headline is fine.

Just for the fun of it, "married" is ambiguous as it may mean he married years ago (supposing we did not know whether he was married or not), but "got married" signifies a change. http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/99745-got-marr...

Additional fun (and ambiguity): The verb "to marry" also means to perform the marriage ceremony. "Mark Zuckerberg married" could, in theory, mean Zuckerberg married two other people. "Got married" doesn't suffer from ambiguity and for that reason i think preferred.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg married

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Post by TimGebhardt »

awakeasleep wrote: post #105
mahyarm wrote: post #97

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If you can't talk about a prenup without ruining things, was your relationship stable and mature enough for a marriage?

If you can talk about leaving your partner with nothing, are you in a marriage-caliber relationship?

Getting a pre-nup is pretty much going through the work of a divorce, but before you get married. He wouldn't leave her with nothing, unless she found her lawyer from the bus station bench.
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