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Ask HN: Should I tell my investors about my health issue

I'm a founder of a startup that's just exited P-M fit and we are heading into growth. Revenue looks to be about $5m this year and profitable. This is the great news I have to share. The past year has been hell, with my co-founder being thrown out of the company for lying to my investors. There was also some mismanagement of money by him, and so the net result was that the past 12 months have...

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Re:International Space Station computer gets a heart transplant on Thursday December 19, 2019 @10:24AM (#21835638)
So fun to read. In my early career I used to think that replacing memory in servers used for production was risky. What if I could not get it done in time? Chaos!

Later I worked in a refinery when replacing mission critical items could seriously mean injury or death if mishandled. What if I made a mistake? Chaos!

Now, I realize what I was doing was child's play!

Re:Climbing the Wealth Ladder on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @11:43AM (#21815340)
I agree with you, and this flies in the face of Kiyosaki-isms.
All in all I'm not sure I believe in karma, but I do believe you should take the high road here. Simply reporting them doesn't fix it. But telling your competitor and reporting it as a PCI compliance issue from your company (because you do indeed have exposed credit card numbers in your possession) would be the route I would take.

Tell them and let them know you're prudently reporting it for your own sake.

Re:A Different Eulogy for RadioShack on Sunday November 30, 2014 @06:45PM (#8678716)
What are you up to these days?
I am totally with you. I must admit that at first I was taking ecstasy (MDMA) in a club setting. Yes, it was a ball. It opened me to the idea of talking to the opposite sex and not expecting them to roll their eyes and walk away.

After a while I began taking it at home and listening to music that inspired me. I began to reflect on my childhood when I had 2 verbally abusive parents. I had shut those thoughts out, and at 25 began dealing with them and seeing the effect their abuse had on me. MDMA allowed me to look at those relationships in a completely loving light and realize them for what they were; 2 people who could not express themselves appropriately. It changed my love for them in a very positive way, even after "the roll" had stopped. I forgave them for the many years of anguish I experienced in middle school, high school and college. I had literally ignored them since college out of anger for a lost childhood. Being able to love them again made me realize that I can love others too. Around that time is when I began to trust people and it is when I met my future spouse.

It's a tough thing to admit, but MDMA had better reparation on my emotional and psychological state than many years of church and reading books. I love God, I know he's guiding us, and I think sometimes healing power starts on the inside of your mind. If you're a religious person, the first two commandments are "Love God", and "Love your neighbor". MDMA helped me on both of those.

I just read a statistic the other day that veteran suicide rates are increasing. As a non-combat veteran, I wish I could take the many troubled and PTSD afflicted and have them try MDMA to work through their issues in a controlled therapy session.