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I think api's post is pretty accurate. This book has a lot more detail:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0078XGJXO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=...



I wish Hacker News would strip out affiliate codes.


We're capitalists here, mostly, so people don't mind. People who are just here to spam get turfed out pretty quickly. I don't recommend stuff that I don't think is pertinent to a conversation.


> We're capitalists here, mostly, so people don't mind.

I have never thought [citation required] was more necessary than with this comment.

We're technology professionals or enthusiasts primarily here.


Y Combinator embodies the very definition of capitalism, and they host this site. While the community seems more diverse than that, its fair to say there is a capitalist bent.


> Y Combinator embodies the very definition of capitalism

Y Combinator also donates to efficient non-profits in the tech space, no strings attached. That's not traditionally capitalistic.


Philanthropy is a lot harder without capitalism. "I should be the one who decides where the money I worked so hard to make gets donated." Besides, it's good advertising.


I didn't mean capitalists in terms of a job - I'm a tech guy too - but in terms of being ok with capitalism and making money.


> but in terms of being ok with capitalism and making money.

That's exactly what I mean as well. I'm a socialist looking to replace jobs with cheap renewable energy, software, and robotics automation. Definitely not a capitalist. To each their own.


If you prefer, you can think of the referral link as a way to redistribute some wealth from billionaire Jeff Bezos to not at all bad off, but certainly not even millionaire davidw.




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