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I am a guy who sold his startup and I have like $20M in the bank. AMA.

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Re: I am a guy who sold his startup and I have like $20M in the bank. AMA.

#31

Post by tsally »

brown9-2 wrote: post #13
Sukotto wrote: post #11

If he wanted people to know who he is, he wouldn't have used a throwaway account. Give the guy some privacy.

If he didn't want people to read his "ask me anything" post, he would not have made one on reddit.

Right so let's violate the privacy of every interesting person who posts things online. Oh wait, that's what was done with _why. Seemed to work out well, didn't it? I don't even want to think about how many interesting Ruby innovations were lost as a result.

Bottom line: the information is meant to be read but decency and common sense should prevent you from probing deeper. If you don't follow these guidelines, interesting people will stop posting online. Unrestrained curiosity in these situations leads to everyone losing.

Re: I am a guy who sold his startup and I have like $20M in the bank. AMA.

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Post by brown9-2 »

tsally wrote: post #31
brown9-2 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If he didn't want people to read his "ask me anything" post, he would not have made one on reddit.

Right so let's violate the privacy of every interesting person who posts things online. Oh wait, that's what was done with _why. Seemed to work out well, didn't it? I don't even want to think about how many interesting Ruby innovations were lost as a result. Bottom line: the information is meant to be read but decency and common sense should prevent you from probing deeper. If you don't follow these guidelines, inter…

And how is linking to this provoking people to "probe deeper"?

Re: I am a guy who sold his startup and I have like $20M in the bank. AMA.

#33

Post by tsally »

brown9-2 wrote: post #32
tsally wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right so let's violate the privacy of every interesting person who posts things online. Oh wait, that's what was done with _why. Seemed to work out well, didn't it? I don't even want to think about how many interesting Ruby innovations were lost as a result. Bottom line: the information is meant to be read but decency and common sense should prevent you from probing deeper. If you don't follow these guidelines, inter…

And how is linking to this provoking people to "probe deeper"?

You seem to have misunderstood Sukotto's comment. He's not protesting linking to the thread. He's protesting a comment posted earlier by a user here on HN that speculated as to the identity of the AMA poster.

Re: I am a guy who sold his startup and I have like $20M in the bank. AMA.

#34

Post by crystalis »

tsally wrote: post #30
Eliezer wrote: post #27

> "My question for reddit: what would you do if you had $20M in the bank?" Fight death. - Fight death of individuals: Cryonic preservation: http://www.cryonics.org/ -- see also http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Cryonics Basic research on aging and fighting it: http://mprize.org/ - Prevent the extinction of Earth-originating intelligent life: Oxford Future of Humanity Institute - academic research on global catastrophic…

Where to hang out with other people interested in rational philanthropy with maximum utilitarian impact per marginal dollar As far as the human race is concerned, pretty much everything you listed (cryonics, anti-aging, preparing for AI that may never be invented, etc) has the least amount of utility per dollar spent.

As far as these comments are concerned, pretty much your entire comment has the least amount of reasoned argument per claim made.

Re: I am a guy who sold his startup and I have like $20M in the bank. AMA.

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Post by js3309 »

A comment I liked, that a reddit user asked:

Question: Do your kids know how much money you have?

His answer: My oldest is 11, and I think she is figuring it out. It's hilarious, because over the last couple of years she comes home and says "My friend is totally rich - can we be rich someday? They live in a mansion!"

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