I respect your point of view. I like the project as i like Golem. They are trying to build decentralized cloud services on top of an existing blockchain.
Hacker news is not read by idiots, so please don't accuse me of trying to deceive readers. The average reader here is quite smart, they don't need your defense.
One project I really like is Streamr. It looks promising. Monetizing realtime data on top of ethereum. It's great to see projects on top of ethereum creating real value.
Here is a post he wrote about leaving Poland and starting his journey to emigrate to the US. He ended working as Director of security @ google even without a college degree.
https://lcamtuf.blogspot.com.ar/2015/03/on-journeys.html