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Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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Post by the_only_law »

notch656a wrote: post #142
btilly wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is a person with a criminal record, no job, no support network, and no savings supposed to move to another country?

Several options 1) Marshall islands or Micronesia. Buy flight on credit, do farm or whatever labor you can to eat while you get booted. No visa needed to live or work. 2) Some nations such as Argentina have effectively no immigration enforcement. Once you're in the country you're good and you can file a court case to become a citizen immediately (you'll have to wait 2+ year for it to be granted). In the meantime the…

> If you truly have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and no access to credit you may be able to hitchhike and/or work on boats/yachts to get to any nation in the Americas.

How does this work? Do you just go to the docks and start asking randos if they’re going to X and also looking for labor?

> Also YPG and some Kurdish militias I think still accepts recruits and they don't require anything past your flight which you could buy on credit.

Not sure I’d recommend this in particular unless you’re really truly willing and ready to die. Sure, any military service where your in a combat role is a significant risk increase, but this feels distinct from joining something like the , backed by a secure NATO-aligned government, with new and top of the line equipment. As FFL, I imagine most any combat you see these days is going to be against insurgents that you have the upper hand on. Whereas going to fight with the YPG you may end up vice versa.

FWIW a friend of a friend did this, and indeed was killed rather soon.

Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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Post by notch656a »

the_only_law wrote: post #271
notch656a wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Several options 1) Marshall islands or Micronesia. Buy flight on credit, do farm or whatever labor you can to eat while you get booted. No visa needed to live or work. 2) Some nations such as Argentina have effectively no immigration enforcement. Once you're in the country you're good and you can file a court case to become a citizen immediately (you'll have to wait 2+ year for it to be granted). In the meantime the…

> If you truly have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and no access to credit you may be able to hitchhike and/or work on boats/yachts to get to any nation in the Americas. How does this work? Do you just go to the docks and start asking randos if they’re going to X and also looking for labor? > Also YPG and some Kurdish militias I think still accepts recruits and they don't require anything past your flight which you could buy on…

https://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchhiking_a_boat

I got a 'free' ticket from Seattle to Alaska once by working on a boat :)

>FWIW a friend of a friend did this, and indeed was killed rather soon.

Sorry to hear that. I was in YPG for a few months in 2015. You're right it is dangerous, especially for those who are especially brave or end up in a unit that really embraces 'sehid' (martyr) culture. Rojava also offers some civil volunteer opportunities. Generally if you act like a criminal / psycho / weirdo you get filtered out before you can do much damage. There's no paperwork but I think parts of the middle east operate by the old code of a man being judged by his actions rather than formal paperwork from the state.

I have no personal experience with FFL. I know it's much more selective than YPG. The upside is you get French Citizenship. Therefore there is healthy competition with people from the 3rd world seeking a relatively high wage and EU citizenship.

Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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Post by the_only_law »

notch656a wrote: post #272
the_only_law wrote: post #271

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you truly have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and no access to credit you may be able to hitchhike and/or work on boats/yachts to get to any nation in the Americas. How does this work? Do you just go to the docks and start asking randos if they’re going to X and also looking for labor? > Also YPG and some Kurdish militias I think still accepts recruits and they don't require anything past your flight which you could buy on…

https://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchhiking_a_boat I got a 'free' ticket from Seattle to Alaska once by working on a boat :) >FWIW a friend of a friend did this, and indeed was killed rather soon. Sorry to hear that. I was in YPG for a few months in 2015. You're right it is dangerous, especially for those who are especially brave or end up in a unit that really embraces 'sehid' (martyr) culture. Rojava also offers some civi…

Interesting, I’ve never heard of this. Has it fallen out of style mostly? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hitchhiker in my life, mostly only in old media.

Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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Post by kingcharles »

weinr0ck wrote: post #104
kingcharles wrote: post #74

As a current prisoner who is yet to be released, let me say thank you for everything you've done. I've spent the last 9 years around felons and it is sad as most of them never had a chance in life, being born either into an environment that practically guaranteed incarceration, or being born with mental health issues that this nation fails to treat and instead incarcerates.

Just a question, when you do get released, what do you plan on doing? Are there government programs to train in certain areas?

Sadly almost no programs apply to me because I've never been convicted of a crime. Most programs are only available to felons. There are almost no support structures for those who have spent years locked up in pre-trial detention. I was behind bars for the first 8 years, but for the last year I've been locked in a room in a house instead, but that at least gave me Internet access. I've been doing my best to try to make as much money as I can doing gig work online. Ironically one of the first jobs I got was transcribing recorded jail phone calls, then police interrogations, then court room transcripts. Talk about PTSD.

Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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Post by tomcam »

tomcam wrote: post #234
RBBronson123 wrote: post #99

When I announced the launch of 70 Million Jobs on HN back in 2017, it proved to be one of the most widely read and discussed posts ever on the site. I was totally blown away. Once again, I am struck by the incredibly sensitive and supportive tenor of the reactions to my news here. For some context, besides having a criminal record, I was/am a solo founder who somehow talked his way into Y Comb. Perhaps most surprisin…

Brother, sorry you’re going through this. Thanks for sharing. > I'm here to say that some of these folks are the most honorable, humble, appreciate, hard-working people you could imagine. They just want a peaceful life, to take care of their family and get a good night sleep. Not my experience with many felons. Not trying to be rude here, but how do you tell the food from the bad?

* good from the bad! Argh!

Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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Post by notch656a »

the_only_law wrote: post #273
notch656a wrote: post #272

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchhiking_a_boat I got a 'free' ticket from Seattle to Alaska once by working on a boat :) >FWIW a friend of a friend did this, and indeed was killed rather soon. Sorry to hear that. I was in YPG for a few months in 2015. You're right it is dangerous, especially for those who are especially brave or end up in a unit that really embraces 'sehid' (martyr) culture. Rojava also offers some civi…

Interesting, I’ve never heard of this. Has it fallen out of style mostly? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hitchhiker in my life, mostly only in old media.

Hitching (car) is relatively easy on the west coast and borders on impossible east of the Mississippi. Seattle to Eugene is a pretty easy circuit to hitch.

Seattle->Alaska I got as part of a contract to work on the boat, but it was a flight. The boat was closed circuit route in the sea and a single port (Dutch Harbor).

Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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Post by thunderbong »

RBBronson123 wrote: post #99

When I announced the launch of 70 Million Jobs on HN back in 2017, it proved to be one of the most widely read and discussed posts ever on the site. I was totally blown away. Once again, I am struck by the incredibly sensitive and supportive tenor of the reactions to my news here. For some context, besides having a criminal record, I was/am a solo founder who somehow talked his way into Y Comb. Perhaps most surprisin…

Nothing to add to the other comments except to wish luck and to say that you're an inspiration. Thank you.

Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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Post by jacquesm »

RBBronson123 wrote: post #99

When I announced the launch of 70 Million Jobs on HN back in 2017, it proved to be one of the most widely read and discussed posts ever on the site. I was totally blown away. Once again, I am struck by the incredibly sensitive and supportive tenor of the reactions to my news here. For some context, besides having a criminal record, I was/am a solo founder who somehow talked his way into Y Comb. Perhaps most surprisin…

If you end up being stuck with that personal debt let me know. I'll be happy to absorb some of it.

Re: Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down

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Post by isbvhodnvemrwvn »

camillomiller wrote: post #67
ushakov wrote: post #39

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> It's sad that the amount of money floating around doesn't pour into a company like yours. money is put where profits are this seems like a low-margin low-profit business it’s not the investors who are the problem, it’s the capitalist system which encourages this behavior

Namely also the American capitalist system that encourages mass incarceration with little to no reintegration plans

How? The larger the workforce is available, the cheaper it is to fill a role. Nobody outside of prisons, a tiny part of the economy, has it in their best interest to reduce the workforce.
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