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Leo the Homeless Coder Finished His App, and You Can Download It Right Now

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Re: Leo the Homeless Coder Finished His App, and You Can Download It Right Now

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While I'm sorry about what happened to your family member, that doesn't mean the same thing is happening here. I think McConlogue's point is that homeless people aren't all stupid, stoned-out losers. And that some are capable of learning pretty complex stuff. Sure, plenty of homeless are screwed up, some hopelessly so, but we can't blanket them all with that label. Here's a guy who's acting locally. And it takes some…

> homeless people aren't all stupid, stoned-out losers. And then you say I am biased?

Yes. People took advantage of your relative, and you appear to assume Leo is being taken advantage of as well without having any hard evidence of it.

Are you accusing me of bias when I said "homeless people aren't all stupid, stoned-out losers"? That doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

Re: Leo the Homeless Coder Finished His App, and You Can Download It Right Now

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Don't tell people how to care. God I hate this comment so much, care however you want. Care a little bit and give him $0.70, care a lot and try to something, care any way you want.

I couldn't have said it better. Is HN mostly filled with bitter, sad and pessimistic little men. Honestly ... This is supposed to be a positive story. I can't believe the comments I'm reading.

I understand them, people are guarded and skeptical and they should be w/r/t the homeless. They are exploited almost by design at every level. This isn't what happened here, and I actually think what happened here is a model for starting to think about the "working class" going forward. The fact that lots of "working class" jobs are gone now is causing serious problems - but what if what we traditionally think of as the working class becomes low-level IT and other, newer fields. It's not about teaching everyone to code - it's about re-thinking the economy.
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