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Most 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 soft
by viridian 4y ago
Most 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.