balls2you

No. I noticed it too. In the license he revealed his possibly real name and email id, but tried to be anonymous in the blog by using an ID looking like a Bitcoin address. Or maybe he just wants you to send him more Bitcoin for the code.

Talk to the person who says you're condescending and ask them for situations where you were. Then analyze whether you were or not. The problem with a lot of developers/scientists/"people who have been told they are smart all their life" is that they may think they're making a point or describing something but most of them can be condescending because they think they are always right. It is an attitude change.

If you cannot confront your critics, you cannot correct yourself if you're in the wrong. Also it will help you maneuver social situations better.

To be or not to be condescending - that is a situation that needs to be understood, before you actually act it.

Great article outlining how disconnected the startup culture is from real life and empathy towards its employees and contractors. If this is the direction these startups are going, it will be no surprise that they will all shut down soon. Same fate as Homejoy.

Saudi Arabia criminalizes adultery which is "having an affair". Polygyny means you're legally married which is allowed in Saudi Arabia but having an adulterous relationship is criminal.

Why work for a startup then ?

So if you don't exercise your options, then why take the pay cut and work twice as hard for a startup ? The whole thing reeks of a scam against early employees.

> Having an affair actually is illegal in almost half the US, and in some states, it's even a felony.

Wow! United Saudi Arabia (USA)!

sell it to another startup that is starting up and take 1% Equity

What about the fact that developers are writing more and more bloated and slow applications ?

sounds like majority of the folks on Hacker News... a javascript developer !

tell that to that Brendan Eich guy at Mozilla

Facebook cannot sells ads to inmates because they cannot purchase anything, hence the takedowns. Isn't that obvious ?