Re:The Real Silicon Valley
by Wilduck on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @06:54PM
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Agreed. I read this:
> What Hacker News doesn't prepare you for, however, is when a competitor gets acquired for a billion dollars, work-life imbalance, and getting dumped by your World of Warcraft girlfriend.
and was pretty interested. It sounds like the start of two pretty interesting stories. Instead of actually telling these stories, however, the post descended into platitudes. I'm beginning to feel that I should be flagging posts that are as meatless as this one.
Re:The Real Silicon Valley
by fudged71 on Thursday December 20, 2012 @03:51AM
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To me, Instagram (a competitor) being bought by Facebook is a huge opportunity. Just look at all the people "leaving Instagram" right now due to predictable changes in their TOS.
> What Hacker News doesn't prepare you for, however, is when a competitor gets acquired for a billion dollars, work-life imbalance, and getting dumped by your World of Warcraft girlfriend.
and was pretty interested. It sounds like the start of two pretty interesting stories. Instead of actually telling these stories, however, the post descended into platitudes. I'm beginning to feel that I should be flagging posts that are as meatless as this one.