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themafiayesterday at 8:33 PM3 repliesview on HN

RentAHuman.

What a boring misanthropy.

It's work. You're hiring qualified people. For qualified work. You're not "renting a human." Which is just an abstract idealism of chattel slavery, so, is it really a surprise the author made nothing?


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bdcravensyesterday at 10:28 PM

Now part of Freelancer.com, was a company previously called Rent a Coder.

On one hand, "coder" is a qualified job title, and we're not dehumanizing the quality of the work done. On the other hand, certain qualified work can easily, and sometimes with better results, be done by an AI. Including "human" in the name of the company can communicate clearly to those who want, or need, to hire in meatspace.

tartoranyesterday at 9:01 PM

It's just a little bit of grift, probably nothing to worry about since it looks like it's not going to take off anywhere.

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cindyllmyesterday at 8:35 PM

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