stevenwiles

I'm having trouble understanding your logical association between having no interest in doing something and being willing to do literally anything else.

Would you mind explaining what you mean by that?

This is how the world works now. The most important thing is marketing/buzz/hype/name-dropping. Once you've got that, then you can begin thinking about what the focus of your business will be and what products or services (if any) your company provides.

Let me make sure I understand your logic:

If you had a girlfriend/boyfriend who drank gasoline and ate glass and small, powerful magnets every day, you would not lift a finger or speak a word attempting to stop them? Because they are "not a dog, feeding themselves"?

Might I suggest you have a critical lack of empathy if you lack the desire to help people?

Your wife drinks 2 cans of soda and takes Advil every single day? And you let her do this?

Can I ask why you don't care about the well-being of your spouse?

I can't believe how long I laughed at this comment. I literally rolled around laughing uncontrollably on the floor at this comment. All my coworkers are staring at me funny now. This is one of the most amazing comments I've ever seen on HN. Well played good sir, bravo.

please avoid making comments like this. you do not contribute to the discussion and you embarrass yourself.

> We shouldn't really take the shortcut of comparing our wealth to the wealth of others. Aren't shortcuts in dealing with people a problem?

That's a great perspective I hadn't considered before. You are right, taking shortcuts like that only invites prejudice and misunderstanding.

I don't understand why we're supposed to feel bad for someone like this?

Like, sure he has a felony on his record, but he is enormously wealthy and a successful businessman who will continue to acquire more and more money in the future.

This guy is already far wealthier than most people will ever be, even with the felony on his record.

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I don't think rich people deserve sympathy the same way normal people do.

Ever since the idea of a modular phone was first introduced "Phonebloks, or whatever it was" I have known for a fact that it was a fundamentally flawed concept and would never see the light of day, despite the enormous hype and support it received.

Is this proof that I am more intelligent than everyone who believed in this idea? I think so?

Then you Australians aren't actually barbecuing, are you? ;)

Those are some very elaborate strawmen you are constructing there. Is that what you're referring to?

How come whenever someone, like me, reveals a factual, truthful, and well-argued opinion, they are criticized by people like you?

Do you see what I'm getting at here?

What a self-absorbed person you are.

You bought a house in the Bay Area right out of college, allenc. You have ABSOLUTELY no right to be telling anyone what they do and do not deserve.

You have lived a very easy life full of many luxuries, moreso than 99% of human beings will ever experience, and you still have a NIMBY attitude and feel genuinely entitled regarding your home ownership.

You are the problem, allenc.

EDIT: Is there a way to report HN users? This guy does nothing on this website except post links on his blog. Is it not against HN rules to attempt to extract profits out of the community?

What are you contributing to the community, allenc, that you feel entitled to ad revenue from HN users?

Do you know how I can tell you're a self-published author who thinks very highly of himself without reading a single word you wrote?

So you're saying you feel bad for the person who chose to lie in exchange for millions and millions of dollars?

By any chance, are you yourself rich? I can see how that would make it easier to sympathize with someone like Sean Murray. If not, then why would you feel bad for someone who got paid millions and millions of dollars for lying for years? Isn't having a lot of money a good thing?

Haha, looking through your comment history, you have absolutely no right to be using such a concescending tone.

Does your resume include any position besides "old, disgruntled, unhappy, friendless programmer"?

There you go, oldmanjay, very good.

When you encounter an opinion you don't agree with, the first thing you try to do is discredit the person speaking that opinion. That is EXACTLY the correct, adult way to handle things.

The best part about your method is that it's impossible for you to be wrong! If someone ever says something you don't agree with, all you need to do is find out how you are smarter than that person, and then use that as evidence for why their opinion can't possibly be true.

You, good sir, are a role model.

Would you say all of your shortcomings are due to external factors beyond your control?

Lucky you! You have a chance to make some money off this HN thread. Good luck!

Please try to avoid writing useless comments.

It is absolutely irrational

UX experience?

Same here.

I quit my cushy office job 2 years ago to start my own company. This year will be my first time posting revenue over $1 million. :) Needless to things, things are going very well for me and I am much better of now than when I was grinding away hating life.

Good on ya!

Holy crap! you and cc are like my internet heroes! its so awesome seeing both of you in the same place! I love you guys!!

I'm not sure why you are in favor of the government taking away our basic freedoms, but I do not agree with you, sir. If you want to live in a fascist country, you are more than welcome to move to one. :)

I made something exactly like what you describe as well.

It sounds like mine probably had more features and was slightly more useful, but still, really nice effort. (it was also never released by the company)

I still use the tool today to plan my finances and it is the most amazing thing I have ever used for planning my money. I absolutely owe my wealth to this piece of software.

This. It's exactly like self-driving cars. I hope it NEVER becomes illegal to drive on public roads, even when there are self-driving cars. No one can ever take the freedom of driving away from me. I love driving and I will never stop doing it. Just like coding.

So? What's your point?

> but I think its ok for him to live and exceptional lifestyle if he wants to without fear of burn out or "no one liking his game".

So you are ok with him living his life how he chooses? Why do you think that is something that needed to be said? That should be everyone's default disposition, so I'm not sure if you're expecting a cookie for this or what?

Also, I don't think you have a strong enough grasp of this community to begin making assertions about its opinions towards certain professionals. As it is, your comment reads like "Silly HN readers, you guys aren't as smart as me, let me explain why you should share my opinion."

You obviously don't think very highly of your boss. Anyone who knows you should be able to immediately tell who you are just by writing style and pretension alone.

I am a level V in all of the things you've listed. I also have a computer science degree from a school that actually IS well ranked. And, as you probably guessed, I have also written several books and people have paid to hear me speak numerous times over the course of my career.

The point I'm trying to get across is - you aren't as amazing as you think you are. You have a long way to go.