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by tres 2591 days ago
Hacking the system, following a vision going against the grain and persistence in the face of overwhelming obstacles.

Maybe this guy should apply for YC.
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TelmoMenezes 2591 days ago
"Hacking the system" now means being funded by the system? It used to mean something else when I was a kid...
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mannykannot 2591 days ago
That would be the apotheosis of hacking the system.
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TelmoMenezes 2590 days ago
Well, not really if you are just doing what the system wants.
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paulcole 2591 days ago
The weakest point of his YC application is that he’s in a vertical where there are no laws to break. Ideally he’d actually be doing something illegal to limit ethical competitors.
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wallace_f 2590 days ago
Am I naive? Are anti-competitive abuses really that common in YC?
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paulcole 2590 days ago
What do you think Junior? You think these hands - they've been soaking in Ivory Liquid?
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