skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Maybe if profitability is the goal (and not an IPO nor acquisition), then maybe offering stock options in the first place is a misaligned bad idea. Maybe a better idea is structuring a profit sharing plan? (Or if the options are offered anyway, possibly using that stock as a way to pay dividends someday.)
take your lawyer out to dinner

Do normal people actually have lawyers? That they know well enough to hang out socially with?
People who can reliably be convinced to buy advertisers' goods when presented with fake information in response to a search. 'Cure cancer with one easy pill' and that sort of thing.
>There is no reason, ever, unless the cost of the item is extremely high, to initiate a conversation with customer service when you are mistakenly delivered extra goods.

Why does it suddenly matter if the cost was arbitrarily high?

He received something he hadn't paid for in error. Seems like the decent thing to do is at least make an attempt to correct the issue. Maybe the error-sent package was meant for someone else. Maybe they say don't worry about it.

But to make an attempt is dumb, and you deserve the thing sent in error? Good grief.

What if someone erroneously deposits $1000 into your bank account? Is that yours to keep? Is it dumb to try to rectify the situation?
Maybe. My cousins husband is quite wealthy, but they are frequently leveraged to the hilt (margin debt, mortgages, etc). All for investment and tax purposes though, not spending.

He's done really well (probably made €50m+ since 2008), but they were pretty much all in at several points. As long as you know why you're taking certain risks, it's probably fine. Even if they don't all work out.
You're not a mug, you've an honest person treated badly by an incompetent company.

You would be a mug if you dealt with them again ;-)

Don't be surprised if you haven't heard the end of it. They might well lose the item and then attack you again. If that happens, do not waste any more time or money on them.
This is SOO true.

I ordered some circuit boards from Seeedstudio (good and cheap board fab, btw). I paid extra for DHL to get them quicker.

I submitted my boards to Seeed (Shenzhen) October 10. On Oct 16, said they were shipped to DHL. Awesome. Told DHL via their webapp and text messaging that "I do not need signature. Drop at doorstep". 10 boards were a whopping $5. Guaranteed delivery by 19'th, cause thats what I paid extra for.

So what does the fucknut idiot delivery driver do? "Did not deliver because no signature". I was fucking furious. I called their support line, and "we'll try to deliver tomorrow" ~~~ for WHAT? The idiot to say AGAIN that no signature, did not deliver? Uh huh, tell them to get their ass back right now and drop it off. Their claim was "They can only ask". BTW, their systems noted both my previous "I dont need signature" authorization, along with the text message responses saying the same.

Well, it turns out that Twitter is good for other things, like complaining loudly. So I reached out to the 4 contacts linked to DHL, and included my package#. I got one of their US VP's on there. Wouldn'tya know, they had the authority to tell the idiot driver to get back and deliver.

Who knows when I would have gotten my boards. But I certainly know how to bypass 'consumer firewalls'. I brought Seeed into it as well, by mentioning them with DHL. Evidently, squeezing the B2B may have worked, I really don't know.
I tried but somehow the biscuits kept vanishing. I can't explain it.
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A switch costs 330,- Dollar; The support person is getting paid anyway. Shipping costs 8 Dollar. Yes it matters.

Yes it matters in one case, yes it matters in 10 cases.

Yes you have a ethical/moral responsibility to tell them. Why? Because if you expect any company or someone else to tell you when you fucked up, you have to do this as well.

I go back to a store to tell them, that they forgot to give me 1$. I go back to a store and give them 1$ when i realise that they gave me 1$ more than expected.
> This is dumb on the part of everyone involved.

It may be a cultural difference. For some people it's dumb, for others it's a fundamental question of ethics.
It seems positive from what he says, but we only have one side of the story.

How does the daughter feel about having a father she sees so infrequently? Is it hard on her? Does she wonder why he won't come help her when she calls him out of the blue over some emergency? Now that she's older, would it be easier for her to know the truth?

We don't know. What I do know is eventually she'll find out, somehow. What happens then?
Just give them drugs, then. It has to be cheaper than taking them to the ER every few weeks.
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I really had no idea how much the actual "unit cost" of a call to customer service was until I worked on a consumer-facing app for a company that also had a large call center. One of our metrics of how well our app worked was how many call center interactions were avoided because customers could use self-service options in the app. Anytime someone called, the average effective cost to us was on the order of tens of dollars.

This is doubly true when it comes to this threat of suing you for mistakenly receiving the second device, notwithstanding the customer support costs leading up to this.

A Switch is definitely worth less than the cost of having an attorney prepare even the initial legal complaint against you, let alone setting foot into court.
When will the Earth try to kill us again?
If it is The Hut Group behind this, then they have a track record of this kind of cock up (re the Zavvi article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25330615).
http://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/h...
Huh. I have services active on two dedicated machines from OVH in Canada, and I was logged into both via SSH all night, and didn't have any interruption at all.
I guess one could try to estimate a limit under the (very optimistic) assumption that BTC becomes a major currency like the dollar or euro.
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The "How to we make money?" link goes to http://innago.com/pricing/ which again shows everything is free forever. How do you plan to make money?
It's probably just me, but I don't get what is cool about rendering in another window. Also, I generally don't like it if an app uses more than one window, so I'm not sure what this is useful for.
They send you something by accident? And you are allowed to keep it? Nope thats not how it works.

It doesn't. He is probably even by law obligated to tell.

And yeah there is still something called moral/ethics.
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I would have notified them, too, and have done similar in the past. Amazon botched initial delivery of a $500 item, then sent a new one, but both eventually arrived. I called back and they thanked me and emailed me a shipping label and instructions that gave me weeks to get it done.
This doesn't change the fact humans have two sexes.
Our problem is that we have very limited imagination (and sensitivities) when interacting with other sentient beings even here, on earth. For example, cetaceans evolved in the environment where vision is limited. Hence, dolphins and whales do not have emotional facial expresssions that are so important for human primates. It confuses us when interacting with them, are they sad, happy, in pain? We have no idea. Next, is our profound inability to understand their complex acoustic communication, there is no Rosetta stone, and we are completely lost again. Any race to communicate with aliens should start with decoding non-human communication systems here on earth (shameless plug, anyone is interested to support our tiny fledging startup?)

Finally, the recent situation with rescuing last living vaquita dolphins in Mexico once again demonstrated that humans have hard time imagining umwelt of other species. The plan was to capture remaining vaquitas and to put them in protected sea pens. Without any doubt, human intentions are good here, but as we often do, we go full steam, brute force into the situation. As a result, captured vaquita died from capture myopathy. This animal is shy, cryptic, and it cannot handle being surrounded by scary , noisy giants, touching it, grabbing it with its appendages, despite the fact that "giants" have all good intentions. This example is very relevant to thinking how we should interact with possible "others" or handle the signal, if it will be received one day. Even with all good intentions, we can still create chaos and danger, simply because we cannot understand "others" and how they see, experience the world.
While I don't drink anymore, the truth is that the lagers all taste the same and you should just buy whatever's the cheapest.
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In worst case, you are not doing it for nintendo but for yourself.

Anyway i would have told them that i will send the switch back but it is not possible to stay at home.
Yes, very important. I have two dedicated machines in different racks in Canada that were serving requests all night. I was also logged into both machines via SSH all night with no interruption.
Guess you missed the important part:

"Federal laws prohibit mailing unordered merchandise to consumers and then demanding payment."
There's a hybrid approach: Indie.vc. It's a VC investment, but the focus is on profitability and sustainability. The terms of an Indie.vc deal let them get paid back via traditional methods (IPO, acquisition), but more importantly, there's also an optional/alternative cash distribution sharing mechanism for paying out via profits over time.
I'm curious if you already got some subscribers for you service. Did you?
I think the fact that the daughter or her surrounding world has troubles rooted in the lack of father representation is the terrible part.

Not that someone has to be blamed, but it’s the shitty start of the story.

From there if the mother can fake it until her daughter is in a better situation, I think it’s positive.

Even if it doesn’t turn out that well, I am not sure it would much more devastating than having been bullied for all that time she was decieved, and it could a start for a discussion on how she deals with her father image.
More importantly, does that includes the projected fatalities due to power plants being destroyed and nuclear waste being unearthed and released in the environment?

Given the half life of waste, ignoring that risk is ludicrous.
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People don't like the jokes they don't like here. But if you joke about trump, man, it might get you very far here.
It took ten seconds to Google the UK equivalent, and it seems to be the same rule. Unsolicited goods, which are defined the same as the FTC' s definition, seem to be treated the same:

https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/money/spending/consumer-righ...
You’re completely wrong here. See my comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15661878
> - clean (nice syntax ...)

Just looked at wikipedia examples and the code is full of special chars and shortened keywords. Doesn't look nice or simple to me, tbh.
Waiting at home specifically for stuff to be delivered or picked up is insane. Let me pick it up and send it at the post office. Or at some other convenient nearby location (supermarkets are getting popular for this, although I recently had to pick something up at a paint store(?)).

Standard Dutch mail often leaves undeliverable packages with neighbours, which is great when you live in a good neighbourhood with good neighbours who are home a lot, and perhaps not so great when you don't.

But skipping work for this is stupid and unreasonable.
That's because they fuck over their sellers.

I tried to sell a modem which I had previously purchased through Amazon. The modem came both as a bundle and by itself. I listed it correctly as purchasing the modem only, listed it "like new" (when really it was basically new, not removed from the box). It was actually the lowest price you could get it used.

Someone bought it, shipped it to them faster than necessary. About a week later I got a notice from him saying that he wanted a refund because he had thought that he was getting the bundle (not just the modem as it was listed). Why they thought they were getting the bundle like new for that price is beyond me, but whatever. I rejected the refund because it was their mistake and it would have been too much work to be worth it. Sensible, yeah?

They initiated a claim against my account and Amazon withdrew the money (it was actually great timing - overdraft). The claim said the the item condition was wrong (it was not). You are able to contest any claim like that so I took the time to explain what had happened and why the issue wasn't even about the item's condition. I don't know if they just didn't bother reading it or if all responses are handled with robots because I get a very superficial answer that didn't even acknowledge what had happened. I repeated the process in order to try to talk to another person, wrote up another account of what happened (including the new non response), and got the same kind of non-response (you must list items under the correct condition, blah, blah, blah) from a different rep. Basically, they just didn't bother answering me. I'd already wasted way more time than necessary on what I thought was gonna be a little extra cash, so now some dude in Minnesota got my modem for free, and I got an overdraft for my trouble. That's a cool trick.

Got no clue what's going on over there but I'll never sell anything there again if I can avoid it. Worst customer experience ever.
I'm in the "if they want it back, they will contact you and ask" mindset --- it's entirely their mistake, to correct at their expense, and you shouldn't have to do anything about it.
Don’t be silly, you are honest and ethical and that counts for a lot more!
> gofmt is a good idea (just like clang-format or yapf), and having it is great, but the maintainers specifically refuse to add simple features

This could be one reason why that is the case: https://xkcd.com/927/
So you need to keep the package around for months until eventually they notice it missing and track it down, just to make sure if you will need to send it back or not? Doesn't sound very practical to me... and if you don't let them know they could even take a legal action against you, as it can be characterized as you attempt to conceal the fact and keep their property.
I would agree with you if this conversation were taking place anywhere other than HN. This community isn't infallible, but I argue that the level of discourse here is far above the mean.
Sounds like they're really not used to people actually ordering from their site directly. I can imagine the prices are the suggested retail prices, which no retailer will actually end up charging.
Public shaming seems to get you the best customer service. We need to use that more often.
In this position and pay grade, i think he wouldn't even be allowed to work for intel if amd would have said no.
Taking that humorous example further, you could go down both questions, still have a have a final "Yes" to both questions, but then have a final question to ask which one of the two a particular voter is worried about. e.g.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ZZJXw4MTA&lc=Ugja0o_XRxNOR... has a comment with the transscript of the skit

HUMPHREY: No. So she starts asking you some questions. Mr Woolley, are you worried about the number of young people without jobs?

BERNARD: Yes. HUMPHREY: Are you worried about the rise in crime among teenagers?

BERNARD: Yes.

HUMPHREY: Do you think there's a lack of discipline in our comprehensive schools?]

BERNARD: Yes. HUMPHREY: Do you think young people welcome some authority and leadership in their lives?

BERNARD: Yes. HUMPHREY: Do you think they respond to a challenge?

BERNARD: Yes. HUMPHREY: Would you be in favour of reintroducing national service?

BERNARD: ...Oh. Well, I suppose I might be.

HUMPHREY: Yes or no?

BERNARD: Yes.

...

HUMPHREY: Mr Woolley, are you worried about the danger of war?

BERNARD: Yes. HUMPHREY: Are you worried about the growth of armaments?

BERNARD: Yes.

HUMPHREY: Do you think there's a danger in giving young people guns and teaching them how to kill?

BERNARD: Yes.

HUMPHREY: Do you think it's wrong to force people to take up arms against their will?

BERNARD: Yes.

HUMPHREY: Would you oppose the reintroduction of national service?

BERNARD: Yes.

...

FINAL QUESTION: Are you more worried about the rise in crime among teenagers or about the growth of armaments?

POTENTIAL FINAL ANSWERS: The rise in crime among teenagers / The growth of armaments / Undecided between the two.
Probably my worst experience was with Amazon. Ordered a big sofa sized furniture. Got wrong color which was cheaper. Asked them to adjust the price since I didnt want to go through the hassle of shipping it back. No. The guy just said "we dont price match, you can sent it back and order again". Not even a sorry. I got so frustrated at his response, it ruined my day. Tried twice more with similar response. I sent it back, ordered again (at a lower price than my original order).

In Amazon's defence, this items price was dropping heavily during that period. But I wasnt asking them to give me new price.

Because of this incident plus Amazon taking 4-5 days to just start shipping and the news about fake goods, Amazon is no longer my first preference.
I'm no more interested the second time than the first, sorry.
And we can't read it at work without looking like you're looking at memes...
Hey I would suggest not completely disregarding OVH. Their prices are good and their network is usually very reliable and fast. You simply won't find a North American hosting provider with those prices and reliability. You won't find one at double OVH prices, either (and I have tried).
Is the implication here that after buying a mattress from Casper you don’t actually get a mattress? I’ve never tried to buy one, and I didn’t realize it was a scam.
That Google doesn't intend to disseminate fake news does not exculpate them if that is nonetheless a foreseeable consequence of their algorithm.
Fascinating - do you need any data analysis/modelling help? My email is in my profile, let’s chat
Wouldn't the route inefficiency compensate somewhat for the rider efficiency of the bus? If you break one bus route that snakes around town hitting a dozen or more stops with 12 cars each hitting one or two close together stops and going direct to the school, you've potentially saved some driving mileage and certainly decreased the amount of time the kids are on the roads. Dependant on timing, this could be used to like traffic impact.
> - naaah it's fine, we do not have time nor resources"

Yup, been there multiple times in smaller hosting companies.

It's basically how it goes. They don't get serious about outages until revenue is severely affected and the brand damaged, they don't get serious about security until there's been a big breach or sales are lost because of lack of certification.
If you use a passport, it'll take a lot longer to verify.

For example, banks will photocopy your passport and verify the signature on it to ensure that it's correct.

(Basically, there's an algorithm used to compute a 30 digit hash on the ID or passport, which is computed from the IDs content and a secret seed. Anyone can verify this hash easily with open algorithms and tools, but only the government can create them).
To be fair, their prices were quite good - and they offered a two year warranty - which surprised me.

Although yes, in retrospect I'll default back to Amazon in future.
Who's cheaper on the dedicated side? Hetzner can be a bit cheaper than soyoustart but wouldn't be aware of anyone else (with reasonable quality).
Who has authority to revoke the ID? Can someone get angry and un-citizen me? Will the process of getting re-identified take a day, a week, a month, years? Will I be able to continue working in that time? We need to build with these security concerns in mind. The reason SSNs are failing is that security was never supposed to be a concern for them, so no thought was paid to it.
If you get out first.
> Do you think Bitcoin is money?

Let's say yes.

> Then the right price is simple: The amount of goods you can buy for 1 hour of labour should be equal between USD and BTC. If you can buy an apple pie for $5USD, then you should be able to buy a pie with $5USD in BTC.

OK. So how exactly do we compute the "right" price for Bitcoin from this? I struggle to do this simple math.
Amazon support is absolutely terrible. Amazon seller support is even worse.

I mean, the worst. Only matched by health insurance companies.

The huge problem with Amazon support is everyone I've ever interacted with (besides that one time I got forwarded to a supervisor) either have a fundamental lack an understanding of the English language or lack reading comprehension (or listening if phone support). They also won't or can't spend any significant time on any one customer inquiry, they need to move onto the next.

On the buyers side they understand how to refund an order which they do readily, ship items, say you can keep items that are errors, maybe some account stuff, and that's basically it. If you need them to do anything else that requires them to understand your inquiry it's an uphill battle.

Basically, you get terrible support if your inquiry can't be solved by quickly pressing the "refund" button or the "ship item" button. I guess most buyers usually only need those two buttons though.

I actually think that's part of why they have such a big problem with counterfeits (and other issues). If someone complains about a counterfeit some low paid employee who doesn't really understand the problem just presses "refund order," the customer stops complaining, and the systemic issues remain.

I have a nightmare Amazon seller support story, but I won't go into it for fear of spiking my blood pressure to dangerous levels. It was only resolved by me finally getting forwarded to a supervisor, who, finally, understood English.
This was always possible in React. I used it to render the redux-devtools in its own window (before there was a browser plugin): https://gist.github.com/tlrobinson/1e63d15d3e5f33410ef7
I've tried Hetzner but the Network Peering to Telekom is subpar compared to OVH. On Hetz I got about 40Mbps up/down to my local computer while on OVH I can easily load my DSL 100% without issues.
Q: There are lots of techniques to preserve genetic diversity in EA/GA, like e.g. niching. Does anyone know if this specific thing has ever been tried?
Now, now. Are you implying everyone is always making decisions purely intellectually with no other inputs? People make stupid decisions for stupid reasons all the time. In fact most of the time. That doesn't make it any less of a choice.
"Move fast and break things" great mantra
One of the stated goals for model 3 is true autonomy... the car will need to charge itself. It will drop you off, go find somewhere to charge.
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Honestly I'm now wishing I did have a lawyer, if only to enjoy delicious evening meals with while we laugh at the events of the day.

Don't get me wrong, I like my friends, but none of them are lawyers, nor do they work for me - which I imagine would be swell.
But could they have forced you to identify yourself if you hadn't broken some rule? I get it was a mistake (which I've made in the past as well), but still, the US police will probably want to identify you as well if they have reason to fine you.
Hard disagree on the 2nd point. It seems that needing to reach out to social media to get normal business processes to work has become the default.

Now I need to actively be registered on N social media sites and harass the company in question until such time as they bother to respond, instead of having just had to connect with the company and directly resolve the issue.