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Working on databases from prison

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849 points dvektor | 2 comments | 16 Jun 25 12:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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chatmasta ◴[16 Jun 25 13:29 UTC] No.44289323[source]▶
How does the compensation work? The US prison system has a bit of a nasty reputation when it comes to exploiting prison labor, so I hope those practices aren’t carrying over into these more forward-looking types of initiative… but at the same time, surely Turso isn’t paying full SWE salary?
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UncleEntity ◴[16 Jun 25 14:05 UTC] No.44289611[source]▶
/me putting on my Law & Order hat

Why should the taxpayers be burdened by the results of his bad decisions?

/me takes off hat

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1. esseph ◴[16 Jun 25 14:44 UTC] No.44290057[source]▶
Taxpayers are clearly wasting money on this guy.

Sounds like he gets out in 10 months, and an incredible amount of money gets spent keeping him there.

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2. glommer ◴[16 Jun 25 15:40 UTC] No.44290647[source]▶
I wrote a letter to the judge to support his early release. My initial plan was to hire him once he was out. I am very sad he was denied his request.