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Re: on Saturday July 30, 2022 @12:30AM (#32284297)
Macbook Pro, objectively, has the best font rendering / display out there. Even on a nice screen, Linux font rendering is shit.
Re:Ask HN: Food Addiction on Saturday May 14, 2022 @02:51PM (#31381084)
Not a vitamin but NAC helps me with obsessive behaviors and changing habits.

Hilarious that the FDA threw a fit over it.

Re:This is Hackathon Harassment on Monday October 30, 2017 @01:06PM (#15586766)
> Not the most disturbing, but the strangest aspect, is how the truth of the matter kept getting lost and people who had no idea about what had happened held strong opinions.

The author quite thoroughly documented the entire ordeal (with screenshots and everything).

I'm struggling to understand how this comment thread is an example of "the truth of the matter getting lost," when we have all the "evidence" of the "harassment," and are merely pointing out what we see?

Re:This is Hackathon Harassment on Monday October 30, 2017 @01:00PM (#15586701)
> That's not how restraining orders work, it generally applies to things like direct death threats or physical altercations.

So, actual harassment?

> Instead she fired him from her startup, is that so unreasonable?

I think this is where the mentor talked about "karma biting back." She had these facts beforehand:

1) Mark is socially-inept and an asshole

2) Mark invested time and energy into the project

3) there were no legal contracts

Is "firing" Mark (with no "smoking gun" event/email) and expecting him to bend over so reasonable? This really seems like IP theft with the OP hiding behind "harassment."

Re:This is Hackathon Harassment on Monday October 30, 2017 @12:49PM (#15586572)
> She's not doing this as revenge against him, or she would have given his name. She's not doing this because she's bitter about losing the competition because she won. Why can't we, even for a moment, believe this woman when she says "I don't feel safe" ?

If she felt unsafe why didn't she just get a restraining order? Unless, of course, there wasn't adequate evidence to get one in the first place.

Re:This is Hackathon Harassment on Monday October 30, 2017 @12:25PM (#15586312)
Yes, and I'm not saying it does.

I'm saying the article has no example of actual harassment. There was no name calling, no threats, and no abusive behavior. All I see is a potentially socially-inept guy trying to communicate, and someone reading way too much into his emails (she kept claiming the "threats were insinuated," really?).

Re:This is Hackathon Harassment on Monday October 30, 2017 @12:20PM (#15586244)
Did you read the article? It uses the word "harassment" quite liberally, and belittles actual victims of harassment.