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"Sure, here's the screenshots I took of my wife violating her NDA, while handing them to me to post to HN." Like, sure it is hearsay, but what do you want from
by Quarrel 4y ago
"Sure, here's the screenshots I took of my wife violating her NDA, while handing them to me to post to HN."
Like, sure it is hearsay, but what do you want from the guy? Most of us are sharing anecdotes that we hope we be helpful to other HNers, most of the time. If anything, I think a lot of people look to the experience of other users here as the advantage.
- CharlesW 4y ago"Sure it's complete hearsay, but it plays well with HN readers so…"
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- viridian 4y agoMost points of plot are hearsay, and Hacker News isn't a court of law. If I tell you that while working at unnamed multi-national finance company we wrote software used for what I would consider incredibly immoral, but not illegal (in the US) purposes, I don't have any right to be believed, but I also expect most people would believe me, because they know how these things go in real life, oftentimes in their own organizations.
- CharlesW 4y agoThe difference between "a friend who worked at Apple said he could see his spouse's purchases" and "I worked at a company which wrote software used for immoral purposes" is that one is hearsay and one is not.
- howinteresting 4y agoDo you want the friend to show up on news dot ycombinator dot com? What entitles this forum to that? HN isn't a court of law.
- oliveshell 4y agoOne is hearsay to the speaker. Unless proof is provided, they’re both hearsay all the same to the receiving audience.