I agree. It'd be one thing if it was funny, or actually picked holes in pg's arguments, but it's not much better than the average youtube comment.
"Ah, yes. It's a crying shame that your landlord won't accept an explanation of your idea in lieu of rent. "
If you're founder material you'd sleep at your parents/friends for a year, or get a night job or do some consulting to pay the bills.
It's at times like this where people are tested and those that don't have it, fail. Which is why I guess he quit pressflip. This is just bitter rambling really.
I agree about the lack of insight. The reason I posted it here is to hear the counter arguments and even voice my own. Uncov is incredibly annoying to me, but I feel like it is more beneficial to have a thoughtful and contradictory discussion about it here than to leave it unspoken. That's part of the beauty of HN.
While stupid, it's highly relevant. It's worthwhile to read contradicting opinions, even if just to understand why they are wrong. Same reason I have KFPA (a communist radio station in Berkeley) programmed into my car radio.
But this isn't really an opinion, it's just name-calling. I'd have no problem with it if he had any logic as to why PG is wrong. I guess that would first require understanding PG's essay, which he clearly didn't. In fact, nothing he said even seems to contradict PG's thesis, which was (as I read it) that even though now isn't the best time in history, it's still +EV, and waiting is -EV.
I feel like stuff gets a pass here just for saying bad stuff about YC. It doesn't get deleted because that might look too self-promotional.
This is actually one of the few sites I'd be in favor of blanket banning, and I spoke out against doing so for Valleywag.