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We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by Hexstream »

rms wrote: post #24
loumf wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Usually, yes. But donna is the OP, so I think it's ok for her to acknowledge helpful comments rather than anonymously upmoddng.

And this thread is bringing out a behavior on news.yc that I really don't like -- people downmodding recent comments of the OP because they're mad they can't downmod the post.

Do you think the fault lies in the practitioners, the system, or both? (This is not a rhetoric question.)

And how do you know those downvotes have all to do with the submission and nothing with the comments themselves? Personally I downmodded for lack of relevance.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by ghiotion »

rms wrote: post #30
ghiotion wrote: post #28

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I was attempting to point out that this post has all the qualities of spam. It's vague, it uses symbol repitition ($$$), non-standard abbreviations (opp), and seems like a scam.

Perhaps, but donna's been around here for a while, I give her the benefit of the doubt.

Thanks, but you'll understand if I choose not to take my advice from someone who misappropriates Richard Stallman's initials as his user id. Looks like Linus is available. Any takers?

http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=linus

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by thaumaturgy »

msiegel wrote: post #26
ghiotion wrote: post #13

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That's obviously and English sentence, but I have no friggin' idea what it means.

:) The question was hypothetical. Besides being of interest to any small cash-strapped startup, your answers are being used in the construction of an AI system. Knowing the factors that are most important to a venture's contributors will help us determine an algorithm to value the contributions.

So, basically, you don't have an alpha version of anything, you don't need a 20% development push, and you're not looking to gather 4 more people. Do you folks have anything to do with YouNoodle, perchance?

Not cool.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by nostrademons »

ghiotion wrote: post #32
rms wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps, but donna's been around here for a while, I give her the benefit of the doubt.

Thanks, but you'll understand if I choose not to take my advice from someone who misappropriates Richard Stallman's initials as his user id. Looks like Linus is available. Any takers? http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=linus

With linus, you could even claim you were naming it after the cartoon character or chemist and not the uber-hacker. ;-)

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

#35

Post by nostrademons »

donna wrote: post #6
tim2 wrote: post #4

> what would it take to make it worth your while? 1. Alignment of goals - something I really want to see exist in the world? 2. Other people are excited about the product - I tend to feed off of others' encouragement. 3. Belief that this will pay off big. 4. Strong individual recognition for my participation. 5. Those guys already there have to be working at least as intensely as me. 6. Don't want to work with really…

i agree, i'm looking to work with brillant, innovative people

Be brilliant and innovative then. People like to work with people that are just a bit more brilliant than themselves...

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

#36

Post by nostrademons »

I'd need to know what it is, and it needs to be something that I believe really, really needs to exist. Usually, anything that's LAMP doesn't qualify unless the LAMP stack is just a backend or accessory to something more exciting.

(Speaking hypothetically, of course. I'm not actually looking for anything - I've just turned down offers from startups that are very, very attractive, because I believe my current startup needs me more.)

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by rms »

ghiotion wrote: post #32
rms wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps, but donna's been around here for a while, I give her the benefit of the doubt.

Thanks, but you'll understand if I choose not to take my advice from someone who misappropriates Richard Stallman's initials as his user id. Looks like Linus is available. Any takers? http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=linus

It stands for "rupert murdoch sucks." It is an intentional coincidence that it is the same initials as the real rms.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by aswanson »

rms wrote: post #37
ghiotion wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, but you'll understand if I choose not to take my advice from someone who misappropriates Richard Stallman's initials as his user id. Looks like Linus is available. Any takers? http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=linus

It stands for "rupert murdoch sucks." It is an intentional coincidence that it is the same initials as the real rms.

I always meant to ask you what it meant. You don't like his comedy "news" channel? It's great if you're into propaganda parodies.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by rms »

aswanson wrote: post #38
rms wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It stands for "rupert murdoch sucks." It is an intentional coincidence that it is the same initials as the real rms.

I always meant to ask you what it meant. You don't like his comedy "news" channel? It's great if you're into propaganda parodies.

It's kind of a love/hate relationship with the idea that "sucks" is the highest honorific that can be bestowed on someone on the internet.

Re: We're offering this $$$ opp, what would it take to make it worth your while?

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Post by ghiotion »

rms wrote: post #37
ghiotion wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, but you'll understand if I choose not to take my advice from someone who misappropriates Richard Stallman's initials as his user id. Looks like Linus is available. Any takers? http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=linus

It stands for "rupert murdoch sucks." It is an intentional coincidence that it is the same initials as the real rms.

It's confusing, at best, to view yourself in opposition to another human being. You've had an account on here for 369 days and still are comfortable viewing yourself in terms of what you're not. I'm NOT Rupert Murdoch --- 'cause he SUCKS!

It just seems a little... silly.

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