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Re:Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do? by abraxas on Saturday July 02, 2022 @05:57PM (#31962829)
Not sure it’s a good idea to post your personal coordinates on a public forum on a dating thread even in this “obfuscated” format. You’ll probably get some unwelcome attention or at least get spambot subscribed to “newsletters” and “offers” by random web scrapers.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do? by yrgulation on Saturday July 02, 2022 @06:13PM (#31962915)
At the very least op should ask whoever sends her an email to confirm that they are user “mtklein” by updating his hn profile about section with a random, unique, string she generates or something. Just to be sure they are the right person. Also rip her inbox.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do? by mtklein on Saturday July 02, 2022 @06:54PM (#31963229)
I would of course be happy to do something like this. Safety first, absolutely.

Also, um, can we maybe be cool here folks? This is just two people meeting for the first time in a funny way. I understand what you might read into this, but please, let's not?

Incidentally I think it'd be kind of fun to be catfished for all my HN carma (karma?). Is that the number next to my login? I still have no idea what that means or does after all these years.

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Re:Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do? by metadat on Saturday July 02, 2022 @06:31PM (#31963034)
+1 Yes, safety first.

We can be safe, but the world isn't safe.

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Re:Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do? by metadat on Saturday July 02, 2022 @08:40PM (#31963925)
The downvotes are at best amusing and at worst concerning, usually I don't comment on it but in this case I'm genuinely curious- who is against staying safe? Like, what!?? Please leave a comment instead, unless you're just bitterly trolling.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do? by a_developer314 on Saturday July 02, 2022 @06:17PM (#31962942)
gosh! programmers dating!
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Re:Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do? by yrgulation on Saturday July 02, 2022 @06:28PM (#31963011)
Better safe than sorry. Likewise user “mtklein” should exercise caution. She may be after his carma. You’d be surprised to what lengths people go just to be able to downvote or flag others on here. o_O

/jk

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Re:Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do? by actfrench on Saturday July 02, 2022 @08:11PM (#31963746)
Be careful mtklein- I may steal your karma ! I really do need some good karma :) I promise I’ll ask politely, I won’t steal though.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do? by pcthrowaway on Sunday July 03, 2022 @02:44AM (#31965630)
Yeah, I agree, bad idea. HN doesn't let users edit comments beyond a certain date, but perhaps the mods can scrub it for her if she decides to.
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