[pg]

"The problem is, while pg outwardly disapproved of our actions, we know he secretly loves founders that push the limits!"

You know what, though: the response function around the limit is not a smooth bell curve; it drops sharply below the x axis as you go past the peak.

[BrainScraps]

It took me a while to get this, so I made a helpful graph for everyone else as slow as I am.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22926250/pgResponse.png

[RockyMcNuts]

kind of like a Kelly criterion bet

http://www.math.washington.edu/~morrow/336_10/papers/jane.pd...

if you bet like a mouse, you get cheese

[palish]

Thanks for the interesting paper.

[reason]

Would you have funded them had they not pulled their stunts?

[pg]

Yes. We were influenced by the large number of YC alumni that they got to recommend them, but not by the dinners they organized for the applicants.

[andjones]

Is it possible that those two events are connected?

[pg]

I believe not, because they could not have organized these events till they'd already been invited for interviews.

[paulnelligan]

I find myself wondering if they're still pushing ...