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Yes, but this only really happens if your lawsuit is bad faith or frivolous. If they have a valid reason for the suit but just lose, this won't happen.
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here? on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @02:45PM (#46621796)
https://ivie.codes - personal website
Re:Robotopia: A 3D, First-Person, Talking Simulator on Saturday January 10, 2026 @12:23AM (#46563038)
Hey! Robotopia looks awesome, I'm excited to try it out when it launches. How do you convert the LLM output to actions? Is there more broad actions available (ie like creating any object, moving anything anywhere) exposed to the LLM or is it more specific tools it can call?
No one is forced to code, they have sleeping areas, and plenty of time for breaks, and no one will care if someone decides to take a break for a bit
During Hack Club's IRL Hackathons, teens can get their parents to sign a "freedom waiver" to allow them to leave the hackathon venue and explore the city (they usually happen in high profile cities like NYC or Boston) without supervision. I assume what happened to them was they got lost during this optional exploration period
This user was banned from Hack Club for attempting to stage an "uprising" against the org, and has also engaged in tactics like Wikipedia vandalism. I would not take their word for being "a union organizer with Hack Club staff", although their blog does make several good points (https://place.reeseric.ci/writings/2024-05-05/)
Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year on Thursday September 18, 2025 @04:19PM (#45294488)
Hack club was offered 5 years of Enterprise+ to make up for the situation, and has decided not to migrate at this time
Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year on Thursday September 18, 2025 @02:41PM (#45293405)
+1 this is my personal opinion, will post an update as a reply to my original comment once the team reaches a consensus
Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year on Thursday September 18, 2025 @02:28PM (#45293240)
Discord was not in consideration due to all the paywalled features and the lack of control, as well as locking bots behind admins (as hackclub is a community of programmers, we encourage all users to make their own bots to improve the community)

We discussed zulip a bit before deciding on mattermost, but the very subpar mobile app of zulip caused us to not go with it

Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year on Thursday September 18, 2025 @01:36PM (#45292565)
No way to know for sure, but you are very likely correct
Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year on Thursday September 18, 2025 @01:19PM (#45292357)
Slack just publicly apologized for this and said it was a mistake and they will be returning hack club to the previously agreed upon plan. Hack club staff are currently discussing whether or not to go ahead with the migration to mattermost anyways. (- a hack club member)
Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year on Thursday September 18, 2025 @10:06AM (#45289884)
Hack club member and volunteer here, we are selfhosting a fork of mattermost on our own infra