Easy karma, pg.
I mean, you've posted a topic that is guaranteed to provoke the kind of flamewar you seem to think is counterproductive.
I mean, you've posted a topic that is guaranteed to provoke the kind of flamewar you seem to think is counterproductive.
Considering pg can likely award himself arbitrary karma points with a single SQL statement, I think your assumption of his motives is probably mistaken.
Still seems to be a bit fragile, though. I am assuming persistence is a periodic thing, making the system vulnerable to eg. power failure between persist events, ie writing the text files. To be balanced against the simplicity gains of only having to deal with in-program data structures, though, I guess.
Then again it's worked flawlessly for 5+ years so what do I know!
If you want to discuss your fascinating ideas about pg and his motives, why not start your own discussion thread and see how popular it is, rather than trying to hijack this one?
He is in the trade of making percentages off of real work.
Envy? No, I would never be a person that depended, even in the slightest, on fictional gains based on spreadsheets.
He is a creature of greed. And yes, pg, I'm somewhat confident you'll read this.
Comrade, I look forward to reading your riveting manifesto .. elsewhere.
I can afford to withdraw.
You're not disagreeing with me on any particular point.
I'm not sure you actually understand what an investment banker is.
>"He became a capitalist."
Implying that somehow, after he sold his company and co-founded YC with his friends, he suddenly realized: "Holy shit. I think capitalism might be on to something!"
>"He is in the trade of making percentages off of real work."
Are you implying that YC provides zero value and merely siphons a percentage of founders' rightful gains?
>"He is a creature of greed."
Surely, he is a creature-- and a greedy one! You know, not a person with a family, friends, and interests outside of your one dimensional perception of him.
Take a break.