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by bee_rider 825 days ago
I disagree that that is necessary to run that experiment, somebody already did it, proving that it is possible.

Also I don’t think suggesting a giant task like starting a business is anything but a bad faith rhetorical tactic. I’m not going to pitch a DVD mailing company to investors for reasons that have nothing to do with whether or not it is viable (I’m a programmer, not a businessman, and I don’t care to run a business, for one thing).
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dylan604 825 days ago
Of course I wouldn't expect some person as a programmer become a CEO of a physical media shipping company. I always forget that I must be explicit in these types of forums where the you is never considered as the royal you. Everyone takes things so personal.
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bee_rider 825 days ago
It seems a little unnecessarily confusing to have “you” refer to different people in the same sentence.

But anyway if you meant “you” as just a hypothetical person, we’ve already got one, Reed Hastings.

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dylan604 825 days ago
right, and Mr Hastings has decided it was no longer a viable business and shut it down. what's confusing about that, and how it was applied to this conversation?

it's like we just want to argue and not actually have a conversation

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