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Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by Nextgrid »

gwd wrote: post #301
hopelite wrote: post #283

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried putting yourself in the perspective of the humans trying to find a job in a market that is turning over now and was already dystopian before AI was injected into a dystopian, hellish process of “putting on a tie and using a firm handshake” to apply into the void.

This is so stupid. One of the main reasons it's become a dystopian, hellish process is because people cheat; proliferating cheating will make it even worse. Lying and cheating on a job interview isn't a victimless crime. You're harming the company and all your coworkers when they hire you into a job you're not qualified for; you're harming all the other actually qualified candidates that didn't get hired instead; you…

> they hire you into a job you're not qualified for

Interviewing has long been disconnected from the actual job.

> who rely on you to give something you can't give them.

That's what firing is for.

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by EraYaN »

gwd wrote: post #301
hopelite wrote: post #283

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried putting yourself in the perspective of the humans trying to find a job in a market that is turning over now and was already dystopian before AI was injected into a dystopian, hellish process of “putting on a tie and using a firm handshake” to apply into the void.

This is so stupid. One of the main reasons it's become a dystopian, hellish process is because people cheat; proliferating cheating will make it even worse. Lying and cheating on a job interview isn't a victimless crime. You're harming the company and all your coworkers when they hire you into a job you're not qualified for; you're harming all the other actually qualified candidates that didn't get hired instead; you…

Well be prepared for it to get MUCH MUCH worse, two AI agents battling it out trying to get each other to mess up. While all the human have no idea what the hell is happening.

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by tormeh »

aleph_minus_one wrote: post #214
RobotToaster wrote: post #206

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It's funny these "founders" only use this hollow excuse with open source licensing, you never see "since this was my first company, we didn't realize taxes exist"

> you never see "since this was my first company, we didn't realize taxes exist" Taxes are a nitpicky example, but indeed in Germany where everything is full of regulations and red tape that only some bureaucrats understand, there indeed exist founders who argue this way for these convoluted laws: For example have a look at the popular videos of the following channel (in German): https://www.youtube.com/@Nordwolle/vi…

That's different. Last time I checked he's not arguing that he didn't know, but that the regulations are ridiculous and should be changed. Which I think is completely legit. The German economy and everyone who works in it would benefit from this. Moreover, I consider euclidean zoning to be a colossal mistake...

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by diggan »

conartist6 wrote: post #338
diggan wrote: post #240

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Isn't that a very outspoken objective of YC, to fund people, not ideas? Long time ago I caught up to what YC is doing, but even when I first joined HN back in like 2013 I think the whole "Fund people, not ideas" shtick was already explicitly what they were doing, unless I remember wrong.

So why are they so insistent that they want AI ideas? I felt sick when I read the list of things they say they want to invest in and every single thing was framed as, "build some service, but for AI ". Also in this AI era I've learned something else: it isn't intelligence that builds institutions. It's philosophy, and it's faith. The AI industry is full of smart people, but If you lack a set of beliefs you won't know…

> So why are they so insistent that they want AI ideas? I felt sick when I read the list of things they say they want to invest in and every single thing was framed as, "build some service, but for AI".

If I tried to enter the mindset of a VC, I could potentially see that as a "Is this person at the 'edge of progress' currently" flag, although I wouldn't trust it more than a "Is this person chasing hype" warning personally. Maybe it's a good way of getting some specific type of person to apply, in some other way?

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by MichaelZuo »

JonChesterfield wrote: post #246

"Fair enough. Since this was our first OSS project, we didn’t realize at first. We’ve now revised it. Thanks for your contribution." We didn't notice that we copied your codebase, changed the name then pretended to have built it in four days? Good grief.

It does seem really shady to not even offer a sincere apology.

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by dang »

Havoc wrote: post #220

To a casual outside observer the quality of the companies YC invests in seems to have absolutely cratered. Have they just given up on vetting and switched to a throw money at everything approach?

Nothing has changed, as far as I'm aware.

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by sitkack »

normie3000 wrote: post #326
freehorse wrote: post #316

Isn't this the company/founders whose whole sales pitch is about cheating/deceiving others? I guess I am not that surprised then.

Is there a way to validate this?

Startup founders just hack the value gradient. Putting a screen door lock on a resource is just inviting resource extraction.

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by EraYaN »

tomhow wrote: post #320
jcgrillo wrote: post #307

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damn right it's diminutive, and why the hell not? these clowns and the idiots who fund their tomfoolery deserve it

We have no idea what the realities of their lives are. We only know the basic facts of the wrongdoing that’s been reported here, which is of course fine to criticize.

YC isn't that unknown and you can absolutely judge that org for funding stuff like this, you really don't need that much detail. And if you have interacted with a lot of the "founders" you know that statistically you're in the clear to judge them all too. It's a pretty weird world where a lot of dumb exists, like A LOT. The realities of their lives are frankly immaterial anyway, it's about the output (and input in case of VC money).

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by dang »

danybittel wrote: post #247
diggan wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't that a very outspoken objective of YC, to fund people, not ideas? Long time ago I caught up to what YC is doing, but even when I first joined HN back in like 2013 I think the whole "Fund people, not ideas" shtick was already explicitly what they were doing, unless I remember wrong.

Isn't "fund people" just hiring without the extra steps?

Funding means investing in their company. Hiring means paying them to work for your company.
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