hnysacct

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by hnysacct 10y ago
Well the PR got merged, and finally he responded to my original request via email: "Im sorry I did not get back sooner as I and another family member have been unwell in bed most of the last week. I'd like to you for spoiling my C
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by hnysacct 10y ago
Curious about that too now.
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by hnysacct 10y ago
It's too easy to misuse PHP that way. Though I think enabling E_STRICT would produce a warning.
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by hnysacct 10y ago
Exactly. You don't have control over other services spawning up accounts for you. Which is just an annoyance if they have a way for you to take the information down (most do) but when they don't... that's a problem.
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by hnysacct 10y ago
A bunch of freelancer and recruiting type sites do that as well. However they make it easy for you to have your information removed. > Is it like a Silicon-Valley-esque VC numbers pumping game or what? That is my initial thought too. If
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by hnysacct 10y ago
> So he's using the word correctly, no need to "accuse" you of anything. If anything, his phrasing of "May I request that you please do not initiate. unsolicited mails to members of the github team" is very polit
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by hnysacct 10y ago
> The way you're going about this entire conversation is simply too much. It sounds like you've reached out to multiple personal emails, created multiple issues, responded to those issues asking for updates, and brought the iss
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by hnysacct 10y ago
wrong domain: Gitpay is gitpay.org.
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by hnysacct 10y ago
> it sounds you're trying to make a huge issue out of this now, in the hopes it'll get things done quicker. Not at all. I actually didn't even expect anyone to really respond to this.
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by hnysacct 10y ago
I agree with you not the timing. Not the best. However, the name of the post is "Is personal GitHub information public domain?" Which prompted a discussion of the topic. This is simply what it is. I appreciate the opinions of othe
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by hnysacct 10y ago
Good clarification! However, no legal threats have been made as of yet. Simply pointing out TOS clauses, and discussing the matter with the community. By the time lawyers get involved, which would be after the New Year, then the author migh
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by hnysacct 10y ago
It _is_ the holidays and the right course of action really is to simply take a breath and chill out. I'd agree with you. This post isn't really for the purpose of shaming though. It's to bring up the issue of such sites doing
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by hnysacct 10y ago
jc4p, you're totally on topic. The issue here is very similar to recruiter sites. Gitpay is doing essentially the same thing where they are scraping data and creating in-active accounts. This is sometimes annoying, in the case of recru
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by hnysacct 10y ago
The devs are somewhat hostile in this case. It's a matter of introducing the feature to help out mitigate other requests to take down information. They have the entire user base of github as "inactive users" so they might get
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by hnysacct 10y ago
EE84M3i You're correct on both items. Gitpay are not required to address the PR, as in reviewing the code and merging. It's code being introduced into their product and they must take their time into it. So no issue there. There&#
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by hnysacct 10y ago
Yeah, contact details as far as I know aren't copyrightable nor under public domain. Things like your personal contact details though are subject to privacy violation laws if they are used without your consent, I believe. So nothing st
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by hnysacct 10y ago
Thanks franciscop and thank you for your advice! It's definitely an interesting topic as it touches upon a few ethics. I'm considered #1 but the thing is it might take time. The person stated that the PR will be reviewed in the Ne
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by hnysacct 10y ago
Thanks Macha, good point. Yeah whether gitpay is in breach of github's terms is a bit unclear. On one hand, you allow your content/information to be viewed but not necessarily copied. So, information is not really in the public do
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Ask HN: Is personal GitHub information public domain?
63 points by hnysacct 10y ago|57 comments
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Gitpay creates an account for you without your knowledge
4 points by hnysacct 10y ago|0 comments