Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral

Re:Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral by prododev on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @11:16PM (#43180543)

Anyone who would fund or build this is, in my mind, taxonomically evil. Maybe not irretrievably so, but YC would need to do a lot of work in my mind to not be "that form that believes the panopticon and dehumanization is good."

This isn't just run of the mill capitalism bad, this is truly exceptionally vile and staining.

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Re:Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral by strken on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @11:46PM (#43180712)

Probably depends what the pitch was. "Monitor assembly lines using AI so you can tell when a machine breaks" is radically different from "constantly snitch on all your factory workers".

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Re:Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral by g-b-r on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @11:56PM (#43180772)

Or protect your workers, keep them safe....

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Re:Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral by XorNot on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @11:48PM (#43180724)

I wonder where monitor assembly lines to ensure people are following work instructions sits?

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Re:Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral by _DeadFred_ on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @11:48AM (#43185414)

Ensuring order of operation was a big deal at the company I worked, but this isn't going to be able to track that.

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Re:Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral by GuinansEyebrows on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @09:41AM (#43184016)

> This isn't just run of the mill capitalism bad, this is truly exceptionally vile and staining.

My friend, they’re one and the same.

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