LOL just got kicked out of @ycombinator

Post by ohyeshedid » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:47 AM UTC

neonological wrote: post #472

grzm wrote: post #468

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> "The fact that it's the top post is the most questionable thing here, it seems pinned to the top." I thought he might have pinned it, but that isn't the case: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27401409 > "I certainly didn't intend it to be the top comment; that was entirely by upvotes."

I mean he can lie right? Like I said, it's a conflict of interest. Most of the things I remarked on are 50/50 in the sense that I'm only 50% sure something sketchy is going on, worth remarking on, but I am not confirming anything. But Dangs post here looks like a freaking announcement where the intention is to indeed pin it at the top of the thread with fake upvotes or whatever mechanism they use with this site. This…

Post by doggodaddo78 » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:47 AM UTC

repsilat wrote: post #111

version_five wrote: post #7

The behavior he's calling out is obviously abhorrent. But isn't this more due to him airing dirty laundry in public? If this is his last recourse after consulting internally to try and deal with this, then I get it. But there is definitely a trend (maybe not by him) of people running to social media with their complaints before discussing them with those involved. If that is the case i would understand his being sanc…

Yeah, it reads that way to me -- this post was a public leak, not just criticising one founder but also implicitly repudiating the culture and governing processes of the forum. If the forum and trust in the forum being a private space are important to the program, I think being asked to leave sounds reasonable. I'm not saying that the internal processes were satisfactory -- I don't know either way, and I think this p…

Post by HWR_14 » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:48 AM UTC

systemvoltage wrote: post #317

mbgerring wrote: post #274

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So just so everyone has the full context: Oakland opened up its vaccination sites to more people on a shorter timeline than the rest of the state, in certain ZIP codes with disproportionately poor residents, in order to get vaccines to those disproportionately poor residents. I know this because this is how several of my friends who live in West Oakland got vaccinated ahead of the eligibility opening up in the rest o…

A friend of mine flew out from Zurich to CA to get a shot. They gave him one without checking anything. His response? “America has the best vaccine program on the planet. They have so many rules in Zurich that the confusion is holding things back. They’d rather throw away vaccines than break minor rules”. Vaccination should be easy, bureaucracy free and straightforward; especially now . I can understand age restricti…

Post by tallgiraffe » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:53 AM UTC

dasickis wrote: post #365

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…

Since most of these self-righteous comments below still have no idea what they're talking about. The site was for overflow of vaccines that were going unused & being thrown out. The Oakland Coliseum is one of these mega-sites. So many of you don't understand the on-the-ground realities of the communities you're speaking of where I live. I see my neighbors and when FEMA is running these sites they know their goals. It…

Post by HWR_14 » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 4:57 AM UTC

dfabulich wrote: post #482

HWR_14 wrote: post #453

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They don't ask for proof of poverty at a food bank either. And "Am I eligible here" could be seen about specifically asking about age/preconditions eligibility. In fact, that whole conversation could have been changed trivially to picking up free food at a food bank and would not have looked out of place. As for "if you're offered a vaccine take it", I don't think that applies to "I can go somewhere to get offered th…

The analogy to food banks makes no sense. I normally acquire food by paying for it at a grocery store. If I could have gone to a grocery store (or pharmacy) to get a vaccine, I would have. If I could have paid for a vaccine, I would have. You're imagining a world where food banks give out magic apples that not only nourish you but also nourish everyone you come into contact with, a world where food is only available…