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by parvenu74 2938 days ago
You're envious of the founders. You envy what other have; you're jealous of what you have and don't want anyone else to have.
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I don't think that being pedantic about the definition of words when the intended meaning is understood is something we should be doing on HN, but since we are:

> hostile toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage : envious > > His success made his old friends jealous. > They were jealous of his success

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jealous

I’ve never won that argument with a compiler and I’ve tried thousands of times. Programmers — I’m one, I make no assumptions about you — are pedantic by nature. Are you judging me because I was born this way?