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The 'they' in question are almost certainly users who are flagging this.
What evidence do you have that this was flagged by 'users'?
Are all of these such posts that are flagged by the same 'user'?
That 'user' could even be dang, sama, pg, musk, or any number of the bots deployed on this forum.
if you're 18/19 and know how to install kali linux, you might be able to attend this event and leave with a job at the helm of the treasury department
Care to elaborate?
oh and can't forget about big balls - https://www.newsweek.com/who-big-balls-teen-doge-engineer-ed...
- [1] https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/doge_staffer_twitter/
I suppose it is “venture capital” and not “venture ethics.”
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Meanwhile: “DOGE chief Musk asks X users if staffer who quit over racist tweets should be rehired” ( https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/elon-musk-doge-racist-treasu... ) This is the guy who said things like: “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.” “Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.” “Normalize Indian hate.” “I just want a eugenic immigration policy, is that too much to ask.” Why is Y…
I suppose it is “venture capital” and not “venture ethics.”
Only idiots expects morals from venture capitalists or those that work in companies funded by venture capital.
https://x.com/dflieb/status/1851656958371057890 | https://archive.today/1QW1a
Sam altman and elon at the same conference? I'd wanna come just to see that
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The 'they' in question are almost certainly users who are flagging this.
It has become painfully clear that HN needs to make flaggers public. What evidence do you have that this was flagged by 'users'? Are all of these such posts that are flagged by the same 'user'? That 'user' could even be dang, sama, pg, musk, or any number of the bots deployed on this forum.
Ugh. No. This ain't it. One thing I always loved at YC was that it always felt like the aspirational version of what the tech industry could be. As big tech became the "bad guys", YC has continued to forge the inspirational path... quietly helping the builders and the makers. Inviting Elon Musk, who is a Nazi sympathizer currently trying to take down the American government, really sucks.
> YC was that it always felt like the aspirational version of what the tech industry could be Which YC companies or actions indicated they were a indicator of public good or public progress? Which YC leaders indicated they were actors for good as opposed to merely good actors? Altman? Tan? Ultimately the demographic of HN needs to realize whose interests we’re serving by posting here. If it’s free you are the product…
There's two ways capitalism can go: it's either the ability for anyone to build and create something from nothing, or a small group of people amassing a large portion of the power and wealth.
Unfortunately, we see mostly the latter. But YC has always felt like the former to me... if capitalism is going to exist, it's wonderful that anyone can participate. And yes, YC has made billions with this strategy and it's not a charity. But that's what makes it special – they've found a way to make money by enabling and supporting hard working people.
That being said, YC does give back. They invests in and help non-profits (https://www.ycombinator.com/nonprofits/). I did contract work for their first non-profit, Watsi, and YC was incredibly active in helping them (with no hope of any profit in return).
And finally, to answer your question about actors for good: pg and jessica are brilliant people who genuinely care. As are most, if not all, of the YC partners.
This tacit endorsement by YCombinator of the likes of Elon Musk and Sam Altman must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. Like Sam Altman's abrupt Face-Heel turn from staunch and eloquent Trump critic into gushing bootlicker [0], it is a shocking wakeup call that Silicon Valley monied interests either lack principles entirely, or else adhere to principles fundamentally at odds with liberal democracy [1]. I fo…
Didn't the OpenAI drama (and the other stories about Altman that came out of that) already make it clear he is not a trustworthy person?
> it is a shocking wakeup call that Silicon Valley monied interests either lack principles entirely, or else adhere to principles fundamentally at odds with liberal democracy [1].
I'd take it farther: it's testament to a fundamental terribleness of computer geeks. I remember when people would say we'd make better leaders (and we'd say things like that to ourselves). It turns out our kind is way worse.