throw_this_away

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by throw_this_away 9y ago
I don't know your friend so I can't speak to directly to her specific behaviors, but I know a lot of people like your friend and I think it might be helpful for you if you considered her thoughts from a different perspective - Per
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by throw_this_away 9y ago
It's HN's opinion vs yours.
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by throw_this_away 9y ago
Moderation on HN is very strict. If Indie Hackers were 'gaming' the system, they'd be banned. That hasn't happened. The posts consistently end up on the front page because people like the site...
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by throw_this_away 9y ago
Yeah, definitely not advocating for remote disabling of anything. Only responding to the sample support response and suggesting that it's worthwhile to retrieve the device and issue the refund. Not just issue the refund.
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by throw_this_away 9y ago
I get the sentiment, but why should a hardware company let the user keep the device and their money? Issuing a refund and finding a way to retrieve the device so it can be resold makes much more sense to me. Especially for a small company..
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by throw_this_away 10y ago
I really wish more people knew about PEP as well. It seems equally important (in both the gay and straight communities), but it seems to get even less publicity than PrEP
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by throw_this_away 11y ago
Yes, it would still be racism. As others have said, black people can be racist towards other black people and it's actually MUCH more common than you think, and is largely a result of growing up in a culture that teaches that "bla
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by throw_this_away 11y ago
Reading that quote was incredibly disheartening; That people could be so cavalier about sending a person to jail (possibly forever) even when there's obviously reasonable doubt. I've never served on a jury, but it seems like the s
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by throw_this_away 11y ago
Given that this isn't an isolated incident, and we're seeing black people on the receiving end of a great deal of police misconduct over the past couple of years (Laquan McDonald and the subsequent cover up is the most recent exam
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by throw_this_away 11y ago
By definition, if you doubt someone's story, then you don't believe them. It's fairly simple, but if you would prefer to pretend that you didn't say what you said, that's certainly your right.
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by throw_this_away 11y ago
You should really examine why you automatically assume the author's account of his own lived experience is false.
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by throw_this_away 11y ago
Why do I need to defend the author? He hasn't done anything that needs defending... I'm merely pointing out that the original comment is automatically assuming that the author's story is untrue. And that the comment makes a c
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by throw_this_away 11y ago
You said "Everybody here in the comments seem to take the story on face value.". You're implying that we shouldn't take the story at face value OR that the author is being dishonest about his experience. Then you say, &q
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by throw_this_away 11y ago
Because...innocent until proven guilty. But according to the parent comment, guilty until proven innocent. The author of the story doesn't need to prove anything to you. His experience and the fact that he was ultimately released from