[bgcks]

> someone writing $120K checks

And that is only possible b/c it's a marketing expense which will generate its return by attracting lucrative start-ups to YC.

[ovi256]

Which is in turn neutralized by the loss of productivity at said startups due to their reading HN compulsively.

So it's done for the community after all!

[elwell]

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[bgcks]

You say that like making money is a bad thing.