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Re:Ask HN: a serious question... by recoiledsnake on Monday June 20, 2011 @11:06AM (#2674440)
> the only people who dont gain anything are the ones sneering from the sidelines.

That's not necessarily true. There are people who are concentrating on other ideas instead of doing the same thing and there are people who are investing all their life's savings and borrowing to launch the same kind of idea as Facebook.

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Re:Ask HN: a serious question... by daleharvey on Monday June 20, 2011 @12:41PM (#2674934)
at least in my experience, the intersection of people who scoff at those building new things, and those actually building new things for themselves isnt that large.
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