Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the winter (AB, Canada)?

Re:Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the wi... by refulgentis on Saturday February 24, 2024 @07:48PM (#39496571)

Yeah sure that's reasonable.

"it's a red flag if an employee ever stole food for a meal / camped at a hospital while homeless" isn't.

Upper-class a-human inanity unrecognizable by 90% of the populace. I wouldn't believe it was a real person making an honest argument if I hadn't self-made my way from inner city Buffalo startup to Boston at Google, and found out how sheltered people can be.

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Re:Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the wi... by jddj on Saturday February 24, 2024 @08:02PM (#39496647)

Yeah, neither of those things make any difference to anything.

I also feel incredibly heartless for adding my own "be careful" message to this person's eager response to someone's plea for help, but there it is.

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Re:Ask HN: How to survive as a homeless programmer in the wi... by Last5Digits on Saturday February 24, 2024 @08:00PM (#39496637)

Thanks for this bit of sanity. I was losing my mind trying to think up an explanation as to why that comment wasn't flagged or inundated with comments pointing out the sheer stupidity and inhumane arrogance.

I don't want to be overly dramatic, but this has genuinely lowered my view of HN as a whole, and I'll think twice about reading the comments here from now on.

If I were to show this to any well-adjusted person I know, they'd probably think less of me for even being in the same community and profession as the person who wrote that comment.

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