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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by walrus01 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:13PM (#16632109)
> that they work with Promise as an alternative to being in custody

great, you've invented the penal workhouse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workhouse

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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by dang on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:15PM (#16632137)
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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