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A comment on Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the winter (AB, Canada)?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the wi... by fartfeatures on Saturday February 24, 2024 @07:17PM (#39496370)
Replied above. Also to add:

* Completely new ycombinator account created 3 hours ago, no past history.

* Anonymised email service.

* Pseudonym.

None of that is suspicious on its own necessarily but it is part of a pattern.

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Re:Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the wi... by refulgentis on Saturday February 24, 2024 @07:42PM (#39496528)
fartfeatures might be a sock puppet account of an 11 year old, no email, pseudonym, and childish bodily functions name. 5 month old account with barely any history of commenting anywhere but this thread, and very low karma for a 5 month old account. Concerning.
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Re:Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the wi... by fartfeatures on Saturday February 24, 2024 @08:07PM (#39496671)
Is this contributing to the discussion or is it simply an ad-hominem?
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Re:Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the wi... by refulgentis on Saturday February 24, 2024 @08:12PM (#39496690)
It's a tribute to Jonathan Swift
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Re:Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the wi... by wakawaka28 on Saturday February 24, 2024 @07:38PM (#39496501)
Would you want to get Internet famous for being a homeless programmer, and have that shit come up on Google every time your resume is looked at? Give me a break.
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Re:Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the wi... by krowfooten on Saturday February 24, 2024 @09:11PM (#39496991)
Thank you for offering some kindness/another perspective, it's appreciated more than you know
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