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A Silicon Valley Dream Collapses in Allegations of Fraud

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Re: A Silicon Valley Dream Collapses in Allegations of Fraud

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Post by jtmcmc »

marvindanig wrote: post #60
tsunamifury wrote: post #48

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You can judge, but SF goes further than any city I've seen to provide services to the homeless. So much so that it's a mild weather Mecca to many. So you can turn up your nose and go back home to a city that likely ships them here or "takes care of it" so you don't see it -- but you are being naive. The poor will always be with us, and we are judged by how we treat them.

> You can judge, but SF goes further than any city I've seen to provide services to the homeless... That's nice to hear! I do realize now that my comment is naive; definitely only a tiny snapshot from the limited time that I spent over there and is not a complete picture or a total impression of the place. But I still do wish that SV had a better situation/solution to these otherwise normal people problems.

San Francisco alone spends 241 million on homelessness per year. Most places deal with these "normal people problems" by criminalizing it to the point where people leave to places like SF or are jailed.

Re: A Silicon Valley Dream Collapses in Allegations of Fraud

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Post by flukus »

20andup wrote: post #80
roywiggins wrote: post #73

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> I even saw some reading books at the park. I mean... homeless people read books. Seems like a good use of time to me when you're unemployed and homeless. It sounds like you think is a problem for some reason?

It's just not something I see homeless people do. So I was quite unfamiliar with the sight. Everyone has the right to do what they want with their time, but for me, I would imagine trying to find a proper job would be more important. Off course, I don't know about their situation so I shouldn't judge.

Who do you think would hire a homeless person walking in off the street? There are other aspects to life that need stabilizing before they think about finding work.

Re: A Silicon Valley Dream Collapses in Allegations of Fraud

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Post by [deleted] »

wrong_variable wrote: post #31
sanderjd wrote: post #27

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We have now heard one story from one person and read corroboration of that story from a professional news organization along with some new information in the form of interviews and requests for comment from the principals involved. That isn't "doxxing", it's news. I use both LinkedIn and HN quite a lot and don't really see what you mean about the capital/ labor split between the sites, for what it's worth.

I think its just my feed of subscribing to terrible people :(

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Re: A Silicon Valley Dream Collapses in Allegations of Fraud

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Post by NearAP »

I'm curious - did NYTimes amend the title of their article? I'm asking because the title of this post on HN doesn't correspond to the title on NYTimes and I was under the impression the submission guideline here says to use the 'original title'. In addition, I read the NYTimes article before I saw this posting on HN and while the NYTimes article questioned 3 items on his resume, I can't conclude his entire resume is fraudulent since the article neither contained the full resume nor did it list all the companies/schools on his resume.

Re: A Silicon Valley Dream Collapses in Allegations of Fraud

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

20andup wrote: post #68
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #50

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Spotted the guy whose never been to downtown LA. It is much worse down south considering the weather is much better. But really, only Alaska is relatively immune from this problem given that they just give homeless people a bus ticket to LA when winter hits.

I once accidentally stumbled into a street downtown LA in my early 20s. It was full of druggies and gangsters. I never felt so scared of my safety before. I definitely felt eyes staring a me like I didn't belong there. I have travelled to many countries where some places are considered dangerous for travellers. And never have I been more afraid than that day.

I took a grey hound as a kid across country and made the mistake of getting out at LA to look around. It felt like the walking dead at the time! Was aggressively pan handled, lost five bucks, came out of it ok. But SF has nothing on LA.

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Post by bdcravens »

jonathankoren wrote: post #51
spitfire wrote: post #19

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Actually the "CEO of mine in south america" thing isn't so far fetched. Except you have to know that a "mine" can be a 5 acre plot of land dredging up mud to feed into a processing machine. Friends of mine do it each year. So technically they "own a mine in south america". It's still bullshit puffery though. But you can do it for $20K.

I'll see your bullshit puffery, and raise you. I'm part owner of an NFL franchise, and it only cost me $250.

Green Bay?

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Post by bdcravens »

uberdog wrote: post #29
samfisher83 wrote: post #15

I guess you fake it until you make it? Obviously not the same thing but when reddit originally started didn't the founders use bots to submit stories. Theros got billions. Kind of sucks for the H1Bs they might lose their visa.

"Fake it 'til you make it" is more about pretending to have confidence before you really have it and less about falsifying your past in a way that's easy for someone to fact check.

Early in my career I was a bit gray on some skills. For instance, I may have done some tutorials on ActiveX and oversold my knowledge, but by the time I started the job, I put in the work to ensure I could back up my BS.

Re: A Silicon Valley Dream Collapses in Allegations of Fraud

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

russell_h wrote: post #74
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #50

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Spotted the guy whose never been to downtown LA. It is much worse down south considering the weather is much better. But really, only Alaska is relatively immune from this problem given that they just give homeless people a bus ticket to LA when winter hits.

Homelessness in Anchorage (Alaska) is a real issue. There are hundreds of chronically homeless, and not enough shelter beds to go around. Many winters 10+ people freeze to death on the streets. There aren't any regularly operated buses from Anchorage to the rest of the US, and I'm fairly certain there aren't any homeless deportation programs (which would probably involve flying people commercially - there is a ferry,…

So my mom mentioned this to me, so it's only anecdata, while she hadn't lived in anchorage since the 60s, my info could be a bit out of date.
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