Look forward to the tutorial!
Wolf, Boy, Crying, etc.
The veil of choice is sufficient, better to focus on what actually matters.
The laughs I got from Arrington's twitter was worth it alone, I don't even care if it's true anymore.
Don't forget that http://hnofficehours.com exists as a way to let people get ahold of you and to indicate when you're specifically available to chit-chat. It also helps in finding people with specific skillsets.
Disclaimer: I worked on hnofficehours with ezl and guz.
http://hnofficehours.com/search/ if you want to search for a specific subject/skill to discuss with someone. You register for the site using your existing hackerne.ws account like hnhackers.
Forth. It's called Forth. As in Go Forth.
And Forth is a concatenative stack language.
It's a scam, they usually take your money and run after you make an "order".
On a side note, never use money orders with anyone you don't know personally and deeply trust.
'Fraid not, presently I'm just working on my startup on my own time while working full-time.
I'll be the first to admit that I have no life and don't get a lot of sleep.
I think it really depends on what kind of trade offs you're willing to make and risks you're willing to take.
I don't know if a compromise like this would be all that attractive to outside investors either, although my own startup is somewhat independent of all that.
A lot of startups, especially in Mountain View/SF do this, I work at one of them.