> $230M in back wages was recovered by the Dept. of Labor last year alone If the new administration has its way, that number will be zero going forward.
There won't be much of an economy left, so maybe you're right.
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#32Is there something like the “Eurpoean digital payment order” in the us?
I usually just write reminders 2 times and than fill out a form online.
https://e-justice.europa.eu/41/EN/european_payment_order?ini...
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#33Some comments seem to really focus on the idea that legal letterheads have weight. Which may be true but in this case it doesn’t much. Many states have made rules making it hard to get your money back from these entities(especially the state itself since they get to keep the funds if left unclaimed) so you have to ask for it in a certain way, use certain language, provide certain proof/data etc. but as long as you follow those rules you’ll get your money back… they kind of operate on the idea that you won’t. no one is going to engage their legal council to avoid paying smaller amounts because the means don’t justify the ends, would you pay $250/hr to avoid paying $150? Lawyers are expensive even in-house ones.
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#34> Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0') Seems to be broken. Chrome on Android.
API is getting hammered! Thank you for reporting it!
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#35Hey, I entered 2 million, 'Microsoft stole my future', 'since june 2000', 'i complained about it online' and 'the year of Linux on the desktop must come' and i got: https://pastebin.com/pHTKwEgQ Can anyone nearer to the legal profession post an analysis? [This being HN here go the obligatory "not serious" tags...]
Why is there a flagged-to-death comment with exact same content as your comment at the bottom of this page, from a brand new account with a keyboard gibberish username? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42984324 The only thing different is a Github URL which looks badly broken and malformed. Do bots just try to copy comments on HN, to direct them to ... 404 pages?
Hmm I wouldn’t click on that url… or at least not download anything from that repo.
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#36I use ChatGPT to basically accomplish this. Didn’t have hot water for a week… Told ChatGPT to generate an email that sounded like it from a lawyer, but made no specific claims about being one
Resolved two days later
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#37Hey, I entered 2 million, 'Microsoft stole my future', 'since june 2000', 'i complained about it online' and 'the year of Linux on the desktop must come' and i got: https://pastebin.com/pHTKwEgQ Can anyone nearer to the legal profession post an analysis? [This being HN here go the obligatory "not serious" tags...]
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#38Hey, I entered 2 million, 'Microsoft stole my future', 'since june 2000', 'i complained about it online' and 'the year of Linux on the desktop must come' and i got: https://pastebin.com/pHTKwEgQ Can anyone nearer to the legal profession post an analysis? [This being HN here go the obligatory "not serious" tags...]
Why is there a flagged-to-death comment with exact same content as your comment at the bottom of this page, from a brand new account with a keyboard gibberish username? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42984324 The only thing different is a Github URL which looks badly broken and malformed. Do bots just try to copy comments on HN, to direct them to ... 404 pages?
flagged-to-death comment
Much more likely it's the already-banned account of a known spammer.
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#39I use ChatGPT to basically accomplish this. Didn’t have hot water for a week… Told ChatGPT to generate an email that sounded like it from a lawyer, but made no specific claims about being one Resolved two days later
Can you share the prompt you used?
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#40Some comments seem to really focus on the idea that legal letterheads have weight. Which may be true but in this case it doesn’t much. Many states have made rules making it hard to get your money back from these entities(especially the state itself since they get to keep the funds if left unclaimed) so you have to ask for it in a certain way, use certain language, provide certain proof/data etc. but as long as you fo…
Bingo. The system isn’t built to help you—it’s built to exhaust you. It banks on the idea that you’ll get frustrated, give up, and move on with your life. That’s why precision matters—right language, right proof, right tone. And yes, the legal letterhead can have some psychological weight, but the real power move? Showing you know the rules and aren’t rolling over.
As for companies lawyer-ing up over $150? Exactly. No one’s paying $250/hr to dodge that—so a formal, well-structured demand letter forces their hand. It’s the legal equivalent of bringing a clipboard into a store—you look official, so people assume you are.
The game is rigged, but at least we can rig it back in our favor.