Why Y Combinator is a waste of time

Post by seacrest3 » Mon, May 07, 2007, 7:37 PM UTC

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How DARE you call me a liar? You work in a PR firm, so you use WORDS. I use LOGIC. The point of my thread was that the author was being a jerk to Paul and should apologize. When I posted the quote where it's clear the author is insulting Paul, you got all uppity about it. "your initial comment said that the author should apologize for comparing Paul to the musician." At what point did I deny that I "compared Paul to…

Congratulations! This is the first flame war on Y Combinator. Now let's just Godwin it and be done.

Post by seacrest3 » Mon, May 07, 2007, 7:45 PM UTC

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Post by pg » Mon, May 07, 2007, 8:04 PM UTC

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say something

Post by aaronscwartzpg » Fri, May 25, 2007, 8:15 AM UTC

Post by pgpgukf » Fri, May 25, 2007, 8:17 AM UTC

nostrademons wrote: post #5

Premise is right, headline is wrong. If you look at the businesses that made people billionaires, the other point they have in common is that the owners aggressively pursued opportunities. So yes, Bill Gates slaved away for 6 years, with a variety of other products, before IBM came knocking. However, if he had turned them away, or been out of the office flying his plane like Gary Kildall, we'd be talking about the "D…