Replit seems to be another company that doesn't justify it's valuation in this bubble
Replit has been around for years, has real users, and now reportedly real revenue
Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley
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#272Are we still doing these kinds of lionizing puff pieces after SBF, Holmes, Musk and all the others? By now, I consider being featured in one a negative signal.
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#273"one being so good that anyone can become a software engineer". Of course, smartphones' cameras are so good and accessible, but not anyone who became a professional photographer? And of course, isn't software engineering far beyond than simply writing code in any form - whether in English or in symbols?
Smartphone cameras didn't turn everyone into a professional photographer, but they did radically expand who can take usable photos, experiment, and occasionally produce something valuable without years of training
Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley
#274interesting hearing his justification for working w Saudi but not Israel: He says he would never work with Israel now. “I think it’s an illegitimate and criminal government,” he told me during our gun safety training. “I mean, [Benjamin] Netanyahu is a war criminal.” When I pointed out that Saudi Arabia has its own abysmal human rights record, Masad drew a contrast. “I just think about how Replit is going to be used.…
Pecunia non olet.
[money doesn't stink]
It truly does though. Any significant pile of it stinks of exploitation and death.
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#275Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It is strange how much of this 'direction action' is harming Ukraine support How is direct action on Palestine impacting Ukraine support? (We are also not intervening in Ukraine)
> (We are also not intervening in Ukraine) Not direct intervention; but we fly sorties, provide intelligence, ship military equipment, build systems for... None of which we provide Israel for their current war. It's just odd to me that Israel draws so much Ire when the UK deals with all sorts. There are many worse things happening that doesn't get a second of airtime.
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Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley
#276It's fascinating to read how Hacker News helped make Replit successful. I hope everyone will try this tool! I wonder if Masad still scrolls here nowadays.
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#277Earlier quoted context omitted.
Am I in some weird alternative universe where Israel did not just engage in a genocidal campaign against a population of Palestinians that are descendants of refugees from their prior genocidal campaign? Israel just finished killing probably over a hundred thousand civilians. The displaced the majority of Gaza. They destroyed the vast majority of its hospitals and universities and public infrastructure. They killed f…
> from their prior genocidal campaign Not only there is not a good argument for considering 1948 war a genocide on Palestinians but there is a much stronger argument Arabs have tried to genocide Jews (especially to those who think who think there was a genocide in Gaza because of starvation as a weapon of war + intent): 1. In 1948 Arab forces besieged Jerusalem and they were starting to run out of food. 2. Azzam Pash…
Typical hasbara whataboutism, equating a statement by one guy that may or may not have been said 70 years ago to a livestream slaughter we just witnessed, where more than 50% of Israelis say "not enough force was used", not just offhanded remarks by radical leaders, which there are literal gigabytes of from Israelis of all walks of life. Just open up any popular political figure's Twitter and you'll see the most horrific statements, and not just statements, but action.
Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley
#278The title is a non-sequitur. “Terrorist sympathizer” and “successful businessperson” (or “rich person”) are completely orthogonal. Building a successful business does not necessarily change your terrorist sympathisation status. You can be a rich terrorist sympathiser.
Your comment fails to mention that the accusations of sympathy for terrorism are lies.
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#279Earlier quoted context omitted.
Congratulations, you've reached the level of "terrorist well-wisher"
Is there something you disagree with? My opinions were pretty neutral.
UK military is operating in Palestine (very frequent military flights from their post-colonial base in Cyprus), and is operating in Israel (when they were shooting down drones, etc.), and is supplying Israel with weapons (directly by soldier training and indirectly by allowing to use their military bases), and joined in international coverup (they have detailed intelligence on what Israel was doing in Gaza, which they never released publicly any part of).
Pretty solid basis for direct action.
If they provided this level of support for Russia, they'd be a new Belarus.
Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley
#280The title is a non-sequitur. “Terrorist sympathizer” and “successful businessperson” (or “rich person”) are completely orthogonal. Building a successful business does not necessarily change your terrorist sympathisation status. You can be a rich terrorist sympathiser.
Your comment fails to mention that the accusations of sympathy for terrorism are lies.
I am not equipped to give an opinion on that either way. I’m just saying that building a successful business is independent of the accuracy of your ideology.