2) Respectfully, pg, why are you bothering with this, and more with all the other "how to hack YC", "why we got past YC", "why we failed YC" blog posts? I'm surprised you don't have a bot that first-posts the following comment to every such submission:
"On behalf of YC, there is basically zero chance that TFA gives meaningful insight into YC's hyper-evolved process for seeing past such rudimentary schemes. -- the PGBot"