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Post by derefr »

gruez wrote: post #230
kordlessagain wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is it we need to discuss this more? It’s not technical, or interesting. Just a bunch of people gossiping and trying to judge!!

Because people are interested and want to find out the truth? At the moment it's a he-said-she-said situation, with each side posting their own (probably biased) version of events.

The person you're replying to is suggesting that everyone who's "interested and want to find out the truth" here should stop and re-evaluate what utility that gets them, vs what disutility that information-seeking gets the people involved.

To put this another way: the paparazzi that chased Princess Diana to her death, did so because there was demand for tabloid journalism.

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Post by [deleted] »

FemmeAndroid wrote: post #227
dang wrote: post #210

The submitted title was "Y Combinator kicks out Paul Biggar over a tweet". That is inaccurate, so in keeping with the HN guidelines (" Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize. " https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ), I've replaced the title with the tweet text. That's the standard thing we do with titles, when people post Twitter links. Much as I'd love to,…

Honest question, since I’ve seen the situation come up before: Would you be willing to modify the title of any post to be ‘accurate’ based on non-public information, without making that information public? If so, how does one make that request, and what would the process look like? There have been a few titles I knew to be extremely misleading or false, but never thought there was a way to rectify it without publicly…

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Post by devmunchies »

anm89 wrote: post #58

Good for YC. I don't understand why someone would assume that publicly causing drama for the company that is supporting them would be tolerated. People think that because some opinion of theirs is justified, all consequences related to any public behavior based of that opinion should be nullified. Well, reality seems to frequently think otherwise.

> I don't understand why someone would assume that publicly causing drama for the company that is supporting them would be tolerated.

his YC company is defunct so his risk tolerance is higher. getting social media points was probably the last bit of value he was able to extract from his YC association.

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Post by csomar »

Hamuko wrote: post #146
dasickis wrote: post #120

I'm the person this original tweet was about. None of you know any of the internal details but what I can state is that Paul has no idea what he's talking about and later admits to the fact I wasn't lying. Here's the order of events: 1. I went to a neighborhood clinic in Oakland, CA that's literally next door to my house, I can see the church from my window. Paul lives in NYC which is on the opposite end of the count…

> YC founder came with his aunt, uncle, and mom all over 65 to get jabbed who didn't know about the vaccine site. Did this YC founder and his aunt, uncle and mom also live in the neighbourhood? Also, I'm curious about those "issues" if you were just intending to help out people in your neighbourhood? What issues were there with your post?

I think they didn't have residency requirements. (just being 18+ and you are eligible).

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Post by nomdep »

dasickis wrote: post #120

I'm the person this original tweet was about. None of you know any of the internal details but what I can state is that Paul has no idea what he's talking about and later admits to the fact I wasn't lying. Here's the order of events: 1. I went to a neighborhood clinic in Oakland, CA that's literally next door to my house, I can see the church from my window. Paul lives in NYC which is on the opposite end of the count…

NYC has been offering vaccines for all international tourists for quite some time: https://twitter.com/nycgov/status/1390389905033994246

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Post by Fnoord »

api wrote: post #80
brown9-2 wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only consistent way “cancel culture” is used is criticize people you don’t like

It's also not new at all: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/dixie-chicks-were-cancelled-...

Article mentions various music artists such as The Beatles being cancelled in 1966 and Sinéad O’Connor in 1992 (both in conflict with the mighty Catholic Church) and The Dixie Chicks in 2003. More examples here [1]. Pre-internet, it's as old as Rome^H^H^H^HAthens.

Paul Graham claims the person who popularized the term in the USA is anything but a rightist. According to their Wikipedia page they see themselves as centrist. It doesn't matter who popularized the term though. The phenomenon pre-internet is older, and you arguing it is good or evil or neutral or whatever is like a discussion on ethics. Or politics. Ie. opinionated, without a clear (scientific) answer to it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancel_culture#Origins

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Post by devmunchies »

hardwaregeek wrote: post #82

I really hate what I've learned about my friends and acquaintances over this pandemic. I hate that I've learned who's willing to ignore public health guidelines, who's okay with cheating to skip the line, who's okay with pressuring family to do the same. It's just so...grubby. Especially since my social bubble is so very privileged. Let's face it. The majority of us are in good health with cushy jobs. We can afford t…

> I've learned who's willing to ignore public health guidelines

do you ignore the DMV safety guidelines to check your tires everytime you before you drive? there's thousands of govt health and safety guidelines.

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Post by grzm »

nomdep wrote: post #245
dasickis wrote: post #120

I'm the person this original tweet was about. None of you know any of the internal details but what I can state is that Paul has no idea what he's talking about and later admits to the fact I wasn't lying. Here's the order of events: 1. I went to a neighborhood clinic in Oakland, CA that's literally next door to my house, I can see the church from my window. Paul lives in NYC which is on the opposite end of the count…

NYC has been offering vaccines for all international tourists for quite some time: https://twitter.com/nycgov/status/1390389905033994246

As others have pointed out, the event they're discussing happened in March.

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Post by random314 »

walrus01 wrote: post #181
dasickis wrote: post #120

I'm the person this original tweet was about. None of you know any of the internal details but what I can state is that Paul has no idea what he's talking about and later admits to the fact I wasn't lying. Here's the order of events: 1. I went to a neighborhood clinic in Oakland, CA that's literally next door to my house, I can see the church from my window. Paul lives in NYC which is on the opposite end of the count…

> 2. I asked them about eligibility and told them I don't clear CA guidelines. They told me it's first come, first served with an ID showing I am 18+. There are a number of 'special' vaccination sites in the USA which are indeed vaccinating first come, first served people without going through any special qualifications/eligibility check. For instance FEMA was, and still is, running a mass vaccination site in Yakima,…

However these vaccination sites were set up specifically for underserved communities.

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210326/california-fema-...

It also doesn't help that this person keeps changing his story all the time. On Twitter he claims that joe Biden announced that all adults are eligible for vaccination in March. This is patently false.

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Post by loeg »

threatofrain wrote: post #154
pokstad wrote: post #4

I’m also surprised how many people bragged about jumping ahead in line when elderly people with much higher mortality rates were still waiting for theirs. At least keep it to yourself.

Jump to the front of the line? Do we still have a queue? I was able to get very prompt appointments and I live in a dense and relevant tech area.

The tweet was from early March.
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