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Re:The Story of Microsoft's Minecraft Buyout by EarthLaunch on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @02:59PM (#9648159)
Yes, literally.

Employees are not essential the way a founder is. That is obvious.

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Re:The Story of Microsoft's Minecraft Buyout by AndyKelley on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @04:19PM (#9648656)
No, not literally. The founder did not cut himself on the keyboard.
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Re:The Story of Microsoft's Minecraft Buyout by EarthLaunch on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @05:46PM (#9649248)
That's not really worth answering, but I have literally bled in several different ways from health consequences of high stress mental work.
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Re:The Story of Microsoft's Minecraft Buyout by the_rosentotter on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @05:06PM (#9648993)
Blood = health. There's no question running a startup often takes a toll on your health to some extent.
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Re:The Story of Microsoft's Minecraft Buyout by AndyKelley on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @06:21PM (#9649435)
So, you're saying that blood is a metaphor for health? Is that what you're saying? "Literally" means the opposite of "metaphorically".
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