Oh OK I always heard of it in software development circles as "if you want to go corpo and earn a shitload of money for a few years, go FAANG" but I see how you mean.
Can you buy stocks in Y Combinator then? Or is that just a convenient inclusion for the screengrabbed post?
Lol "gay" funny, whatever. Like at least use the MAGA somehow... They're basically the technical arm of the current administration, or the administration is the legislative arm of the tech hegemony, depends on the week.
Posting here to show my grandkids I was there before this went viral, and to remind them at this point in history, they still hadn’t released the files.
Honestly the site has also gone to shit lately. Not because of the people in charge, but because of the users. So many trust fund babies with no life perspective speaking confidently with 100% belief that as long as you are making more money you are a Good Person doing Good Things.
Companies started via Y Combinator include Airbnb, Coinbase, Cruise, DoorDash, Dropbox, Instacart, Reddit, Stripe, Scale AI, Deel, Helion Energy, and Twitch.>
Haha, yes. It makes nonsense if you are consistent with names. Meta and alphabet for Facebook and Google. Y combinator as a part is a stretch too. But it's just a joke!
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rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works · 105 pts · 304d
Don't forget OpenAI - gaymoan
calamitycastle@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 304d
With the name changes isn't it actually MAAAN now? Meta, Alphabet, Apple, Amazon and Netflix.
Nvidia aren't a software company, Y combinator doesn't belong here either.
Microsoft already wasn't in FAANG.
bufalo1973@piefed.social · 24 pts · 304d
ANAMA. Maybe pronounced as enema?
rbos@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 304d
Do doo do do do
DanVctr@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 303d
ANAMA Phone!
HK65@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 303d
FAANG was never "software companies" it was for "stocks to buy". IIRC it was invented by Cramer et al.
calamitycastle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 303d
Oh OK I always heard of it in software development circles as "if you want to go corpo and earn a shitload of money for a few years, go FAANG" but I see how you mean. Can you buy stocks in Y Combinator then? Or is that just a convenient inclusion for the screengrabbed post?
juliebean@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 303d
thank you. i was trying to figure out wtf the Y was.
zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 303d
I had assumed it was Yandex
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works · 45 pts · 304d
Lol "gay" funny, whatever. Like at least use the MAGA somehow... They're basically the technical arm of the current administration, or the administration is the legislative arm of the tech hegemony, depends on the week.
dumbass@aussie.zone · 46 pts · 304d
Magany.
Pronounced like agony with an m at the start, represents their actions better.
kingofras@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 304d
Posting here to show my grandkids I was there before this went viral, and to remind them at this point in history, they still hadn’t released the files.
Acamon@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 304d
Would love to see this made and gone viral
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 303d
Yes. Surely someone else will do it.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 304d
Please start an etsy shop selling t-shirts and red hats with this and you'll be set to retire in a few months.
dumbass@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 303d
You do it, I don't own the word, it's all of ours to use and make fun of them with.
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 303d
Now this is fucking excellent
KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de · 25 pts · 304d
What does the Y stand for?
ivn@jlai.lu · 37 pts · 304d
Y Combinator, a startup accelerator and venture capital firm. Also home of Hacker News.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 304d
good site, terrible grifters
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 303d
Honestly the site has also gone to shit lately. Not because of the people in charge, but because of the users. So many trust fund babies with no life perspective speaking confidently with 100% belief that as long as you are making more money you are a Good Person doing Good Things.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 303d
Yeah. Meditate, read Paul Graham assays, teach your kids to invest and always watch the dollar symbol go up.
The AI stuff consistently there is so boring as well.
I no longer go to the HN frontpage, I click on Comments and scroll to someone saying something interesting and jump the article fron there
hexx@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 303d
From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator
Hadn't heard of them
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 303d
Have you heard of Hacker News?
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · -9 pts · 304d
Alphabet
konalt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 303d
yalphabet
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 303d
Haha, yes. It makes nonsense if you are consistent with names. Meta and alphabet for Facebook and Google. Y combinator as a part is a stretch too. But it's just a joke!
stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 304d
Microsoft should replace meta for two main reasons:
Microsoft belongs here.
MicroShaft.
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 12 pts · 303d
if Facebook have not changed to Meta, it would be "gayfan".
Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 303d
AAA^AAA^AAA!
sunstoned@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 302d
Fighter of the straight man