We definitely need more failures on HN. All these success stories is bringing me down.
I don't think we need more failures. But definitely we would like to see older failure and aftermath stories.
Started a stupid company. Failed.
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...but this comment which is sincere, genuine and offered to someone for whom this could be greatly helpful has made me seriously reconsider. Kudos. I felt you'd appreciate an unhedged opinion rather than me adding a bunch of weasel words like "I had the impression, right or wrong, that you were a bullying cock..." I meant to say, very sincerely, that I was moved by your offer of help and it very much made me reconsi…
If there is no way to express something without hurting either yourself or the other one, express yourself on a different topic. I would hate this comment too if it were directed at me.
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 unimportant gumf or giving half-stated opinions that might not get the gravitas of a situation across.
Looking someone dead in the eye and without ego telling them "You're fucking up right now. Here's why" is a loving thing to do, and I'm thankful that someone cared enough to "hurt me"
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#253Go get a full time job and you can keep your house and your wife and your kids... then once you save up money try again.
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#254Really sorry for your situation...how can community help? Listen? Living money? Place to stay? Job? Help on business?
As others have mentioned, hopefully one day when you are ready you can document. The world needs more documented failures to help us avoid survivor bias.
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#255Really sorry for your situation...how can community help? Listen? Living money? Place to stay? Job? Help on business?
As others have mentioned, hopefully one day when you are ready you can document. The world needs more documented failures to help us avoid survivor bias.
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#256Hey, 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…
Can I pay you to fix my resume?
Try asking for help first.
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#257And what a failure! Most of us here wouldn't be able to fail so hard even if we tried. Since it can'get any worse by one's own choice, you are going to have so much fun and excitement going back up. Good luck to your family and you. If you need some daily expenditure money, please ask.
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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.
100x this.
On a tangentially related note, what is the moral philosophy around having children? I'm not familiar with this area at all. Is having children generally considered a (or close to) a human right? Because it seems a lot of discussion about social policy (especially minimum wage) revolves around the assumption of supporting more than just oneself.
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Getting a bit OT here but I have to wade in... To people that know him personally, like myself, Zed is a great guy. My guess at the problem is that his Internet persona took on its own life outside of his control, and it grew to such a bad situation that it was better to not try to feed the trolls and simply put some distance from it. In other words, let the haters hate and be ignored, stand up for yourself when appr…
I don't personally know Zed outside of his internet persona -- and to me it seems like he's just a guy who doesn't put up with bullshit. I have never seen a time where he's an asshole to anyone who isn't shooting first. He puts his opinions out there and sometimes those cause flame wars so if you catch him in the middle of one those on Twitter then I can definitely see where people might think he's a jerk. His tweets…
> doesn't put up with bullshit
Unless it's his own, like all the FUD he spread a number of years ago about Debian.
Even beyond that, I guess I'm just not a fan of the "it's ok to swear and be harsh to people as long as you happen to be right" approach to life.
Look at how kind and helpful someone like patio11 is, without all the vitriol.