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"I want to put a ding in the universe.

Their reputation has certainly taken a big "ding" in my eyes, between this, Reader and CalDAV.

He actually has to get involved in the horse-trading and tit-for-tat of the whole process.

I'm just saying when you do it, assume all the signals and readings you're getting from your candidate are janky as hell, because they are.

It takes slightly more technical skill, but anyone who can operate PuTTY can do it after reading about 1 page of instructions.

In the 1st world I think very few people would ding you for building a business model that relied on a predictable steady supply of electricity.

Regardless of personal opinion, I hope people on HN understand that this is a talented person providing an honest opinion about their work.

""for instance, intentionally ding depositors with bogus overdraft fees.

The "non qual" sounds like it is part of tiered pricing, but the separate ding for rewards cards, and the ding for international acquiring mentioned earlier, sound like things that would be factors in setting the interchange rate.

I agree that the OP didn't do a great job, but if he's submitting a vulnerability that you really want to hear about and you're ignoring him because of some miscommunication and you ding him for doing the one thing that gets your attention, you're creating an environment where you're less likely to find out about these things.