[exhaze]

> I actively hate startups

Have you asked yourself why you hang out on this website given how you feel about startups?

Also, is it really fair to apply such a strong statement to all startups? Look at your screen and the browser you're using, the user interface concepts, the computer itself. Where do you think those came from?

[mepian]

>Look at your screen

Liquid crystal displays were invented at RCA, an old radio monopoly.

>and the browser you're using

CERN, a government-funded research lab.

>the user interface concepts

SRI, a government-funded research lab, and Xerox, an old copier monopoly.

>the computer itself

ENIAC was a US Army project.

[wrs]

For the browser, don’t forget the University of Illinois.

[RockRobotRock]

>Have you asked yourself why you hang out on this website given how you feel about startups?

Maybe they just like technology.

[greentxt]

Is that ok though? Some would say "that's not what hn is for." I've read that a lot. Usually the follow up is something about folks being intellectually curious, not just people who "like technology." I think this comes up a lot and isn't so clear cut as many claim it to be.

[stetrain]

Is what ok? Liking technology? Using HN? I'm not sure why we should be a gatekeeper of what someone likes or whether they hang out on this site.

The HN guidelines cover what topics are relevant to submit as new posts here, and cover civility and usefulness of comments. That seems good enough.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[ipaddr]

Plenty of different groups and one of them are developers burned out after a startup job.

[999900000999]

Fine.

I hate *working for* startups. It's fun when your young, not when you have bills.

[stetrain]

"Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."