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The Gloyz (after O. Henry) — by A. Molitor (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 3 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] FredFig@awful.systems 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The slightly grimy, cynical tone is very well done, really made me feel like a soulless suit.

I wonder how much M&As still hinge on demos working at this point, isn't it an open secret that every startup is run by hustlers?

actually, this is lampshaded directly here:

seemed slightly surprised that _______ would be acquiring a genuinely pretty valuable company.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago

and nobody describes that sort of hotel bar so well without too much time in them

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 3 months ago

This is a work of fiction that Andrew just made up on holiday, but we are quite sure a dozen completely separate startup bros will be outraged that he lightly reskinned their life story