Does that really outweigh being transparent in this case? I think one thing that a lot of people admire about YCombinator is how up-front you guys are with everything reasonable to be up-front about.

Only a problem if you are browsing your project with notepad.

If by new you mean 'just as old as', yes.

I hope you aren't pitching a timezone app.

The application is the first of a kind. It violates causality.