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To which specific type of human are you referring?

As someone who has purchased a lot of supplements over the past few years to (try to) deal with a health issue, the biggest problem I face is fake/untrustworthy reviews. Either outright fake reviews, or reviews that were "bought" by offering free products or something like that.

I just want to know from real people whether a given supplement worked well for them or not.

Bonus points if you can link scientific studies related to a supplement, so I don't have to search for them myself.

These are the main two issues I faced. I don't mind researching things myself, but the fake reviews really get on my nerves.

I am only calling out your strawman. If you want to pick up your toys and go home because of that, good.

It's only fair, because I didn't say anything about executives in my original comment.

Please don't make strawman arguments.

Are you saying the deposit holders (customers of the bank) are to blame?

I am not defending SVB executives.

Don't you understand the difference between deposit holders (customers) and the executives and investors in the bank?

The Federal Reserve is basically part of the government, under the guise of independence. It's naive that you think otherwise.

FDIC is not part of the government and I never said it was, but it does work closely with them. I'm not sure what your point is.

As for your claim that the the "fed was issuing forward guidance in 2020", this says otherwise, from 2021 even:

Federal Reserve calls inflation "transitory" as it keeps interest rates near zero https://www.cbsnews.com/news/interest-rates-inflation-federa...

The federal government caused the problem first though.

The federal reserve denied inflation was real for so long, signaling to everyone that it was safe to buy US Treasuries, then suddenly and aggressively started raising rates.

And wasn't it the federal government regulators who are responsible for ensuring that banks are not taking on excessive risk? Are they not to be trusted, and must every depositor perform a deep-dive due diligence on their bank and continuously do so in order to make sure their money is safe while deposited in a bank of all places?

No, the Federal government is more like an arsonist who set fire to a building, then showed up to rescue the people inside, taking all the credit, and then shaming those who noticed the smoke and escaped on their own before they arrived.

Well, for one, I imagine the "network" provided by YC is less valuable to late stage companies than it is to early stage, so YC probably found they were not able to bring as much value.

Second, the amount of capital needed to invest in later stages is much higher, and with companies delaying IPO, they would be tying up capital for much longer than they probably expected originally.

I have no insight into YC, this is just my guess as to how it is different.

You can upvote the submissions you want to see higher.

So everything is fine at the banks?

Unfortunately, I found that the best way to resolve these situations is to post publicly on Twitter about what happened making sure to @ the relevant company and # the relevant things.

If the support group won't help you, then maybe the PR group can.

Basically your attitude has to be "either you give me my $900 back, or I'll make sure this problem costs you more than $900 in bad publicity."

The math becomes better for them to give you your $900 back, if they can publicly look responsive to complaints or maybe even get you to take down your post.

No. I had heard Zantac was recalled due to cancer risk, but didn't know it was related to how it was stored until now.

It's paywalled, but this seems to be referenced by a lot of reports:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-02/carcinoge...

Maybe someone else has the actual source.

I understand what you're saying from a practical sense.

But having cutesy error messages shows a complete lack of empathy for your users.

Better to just communicate that there was a problem, and if you need to say anything else, maybe just a short "we're sorry, but there was a problem completing your request."

Obviously more helpful information is better, but making light of your customers' stressful situation is the opposite of helpful.

It's not just that it causes cancer, but it's that improper storage (heat exposure) increases the risk of it causing cancer, and when informed of that, GSK decided it was not worth doing anything about it.

> GSK's leadership was warned on several occasions about the storage issue, but it opted against making any changes to existing plans.

In a way, this makes it worse, because they could have taken action to limit the risk to people, but chose not to, presumably to save money or to avoid bad publicity.

The difference is that the Magic Eightball is understood to be random.

People rely on computers for correct information.

I don't understand how it is a cultural problem.

You need consumer groups when you scale the number of consumers, so one consumer doesn't process the same records as another consumer.

Having different consumer groups let's you have multiple different consumers for different purposes that DO process the same records.

"just eat healthy, bro"

- you

Over 20 years of seeing this attempted by large companies and I have have never seen it work out well for them.

I'm not saying there aren't some talented developers working for cheap, but most of the time you get what you pay for.

> when I can hire someone 95% as good remotely in a low cost area of the world and actually get an employee that sticks around for a decade vs. a year

This is fantasy.

How does this compare to a lightweight Linux distro like Lubuntu?

> it doesn't matter

I've heard in the past that it can hurt your SEO, but I don't know that firsthand.

Is there a risk that google considers your site to be spam if it detects mirrors of the same content?

Don't wrestle with a pig. You get muddy and the pig likes it.

Mark Twain

OP assumes everyone debating him is doing so in good faith.

These "learnings" he is taking to heart could very well be built on lies and ill intentions of those he is debating.

Sure, it is good to be open to new information, but it's not wrong to develop a worldview based on your own objective observations, experience, and research, that is firm and not open to sway by agenda-holding groups and individuals who seek to "enlighten you".

Nice to see. Thank you for making it open source!

We hear a lot from people who have had a bad experience using PayPal.

But is there anyone who has had a good experience, either as a merchant, or as a customer?

I'm not a thousandaire, but I still think it is ridiculous

This is probably risky saying this here, but here goes:

HN is crying a river about a bunch of millionaires losing their jobs.

99% of these people will land another job without any problem. Sure maybe they will have to accept a more normal salary (shock! How will they survive on less than $300k per year!)

Believe me, I'm not one to play the "you're privileged" card, but: you're privileged

I guess I came across harsh maybe, but I really am trying to constructively help OP.

Rather than enabling that way of thinking and reassuring them, I think they need a wake-up call.

You're right, though. I don't know their circumstances and am projecting my own experience here.

To be honest, your biggest limitation is going to be your mindset, not your age.

The fact that you can't see a path forward for yourself and using phrases like "execs who had no interest in leveling me up" (hint: it's your job to do that) and "I was a moron", does not bode well for your chances.

You're going to have a hard time getting hired if this is the attitude you project, and you're going to have a hard time improving yourself with the negative mindset you seem to have adopted.

I know it is cliche, but you need to adopt a growth mindset (Google it, it is a thing)