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echelontoday at 1:14 AM1 replyview on HN

> I forgive you for your lapse in judgement.

I "don't forgive you" for considering this a lapse in judgment, because you still have some things to learn. (I'm kidding of course. All of this framing is rather silly.)

beej was doing what was best for them at the time. There were no victims. beej sold a service to an enterprise until it didn't make sense anymore.

Moralizing something that happened 20 years ago is wild. It literally does not matter. beej didn't kill anyone, didn't ruin their self esteem, didn't steal. This is not "soul selling".

Money isn't evil. Working for money and selling for money are not evil. You're going to have to do a whole lot more to meet that threshold for most people.

We should stop casting stones at people unless they're really assholes. This is nothing.


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BLKNSLVRtoday at 1:22 AM

'twas purely for the lolz in reply to parent's:

> I am sorry for my embarrassing lapse in judgment. :)

But I do agree with the point you're making.