MCneill27

“I know this kielbasa doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matryca is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss.”

It's pathetic. So many egos that need to be assuaged every time a clever execution they didn't do is brought to their attention.

It's so bizarre to me that StumbleUpon came from the same mind as Uber (well one of the minds).

However true or untrue all of the political intrigue, journalistic threats, etc., it's just crazy to me that such an innocent corner of the web that I loved so much in the mid-late 2000s was sending death threats to journos in London not 8 years later.

This is a horrible misreading of Kantian TI. The idea of "value" is what's worthless in itself, not objects or entities. Yes, everything is worthless in itself, but that says more about "worth" than it does about "everything", and it isn't mutually exclusive with there being things in the world that are required for human life. Value at the bottom end takes its shape from these things, and in the top end, like complex financial derivatives, is far removed from human necessities.

You're missing that we can get really close to things-in-themselves. It's like you got an erection as soon as you read that we were fundamentally separate from things-in-themselves, and just ran with it.

Bitcoin !== Cryptocurrency

But yes, I agree with you about BTC.

Except investing isn't like a horse race. Each horse has a different finish line, and those finish lines are in flux during the race. Crucially, you can change your bet in the middle of the race.

It might be a startup in the colloquial sense of the word, to friends, family, etc., but I and many others here would argue that it's a small business rather than a startup.

I'm curious why he pronounces Regina incorrectly (he went to the University of Regina), when he is from Moose Jaw, a 50 minute drive away. It's really really strange. 7 year old children all across Canada know how to pronounce that city correctly...how does a guy forget something so basic?

He says he is from Saskatchewan, but he pronounces Regina wrong. What is going on here?

Only if you are near the top, I think. First time I got no indication of where my application was ranked.

Still no response.

Has the contact form produced any results? I did the same.

I've applied twice before (once to YC Fellowship this summer). Made it to the top 300 most recently. Always received an email either way.

Haven't received anything yet. Does this mean anything?