Hacker News: alfiejohn_

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "DEA teaches agents to recreate evidence chains to hide methods"

alfiejohn_ — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:49:43 +0000

> Parallel construction does NOT allow law enforcement to

I think we're beyond this point now. There is no "what we are allowed to do" vs "what we are not allowed to do". From what we have seen in the past few months, it's now a matter of "do what we want to do" and if we can't do it then we'll interpret the law.

> (a) Introduce evidence that is the product of NSA surveillance

> (b) Literally manufacture probable cause to effect a search to generate introducible evidence

There is probably even a team at the NSA whose sole purpose is parallel construction!

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "JSON Mail Access Protocol Specification (JMAP)"

alfiejohn_ — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:07:12 +0000

See the comments above about mobile networks and persistent sockets.

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "JSON Mail Access Protocol Specification (JMAP)"

alfiejohn_ — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 06:52:15 +0000

Because AFAIR, you need to point to two working implementations of a spec before turning it into an RFC.

JSON Mail Access Protocol Specification (JMAP)

alfiejohn_ — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 01:22:12 +0000

Article URL: http://jmap.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7141152

Points: 98

# Comments: 61

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "Gmail was down"

alfiejohn_ — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:48:39 +0000

No Google-snooping, and there never will be.

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "I never finish anyth"

alfiejohn_ — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:01:41 +0000

Wow, great comment. That's the first time I've wanted to buy someone Reddit Gold on Hacker News!

Microsoft on the threshold of deleting ‘appalling’ Windows 8

alfiejohn_ — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:42:43 +0000

Article URL: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/technology/article3974439.ece

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7065626

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Microsoft on the threshold of deleting 'appalling' Windows 8 software

alfiejohn_ — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:29:27 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/microsoft-on-the-threshold-of-deleting-appalling-windows-8-software/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7062757

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "Essays from the funniest man in Microsoft Research"

alfiejohn_ — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:28:48 +0000

I've read a few and they have been really good reads. If there were more swear words, I would have said that Zed Shaw was his ghost writer.

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "Essays from the funniest man in Microsoft Research"

alfiejohn_ — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:25:47 +0000

I just have to say that you're one of my favorite bloggers.

Thanks for all your posts.

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "The NSA: An Inside View"

alfiejohn_ — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:47:01 +0000

Thanks cypherpunks01.

I flagged it for my to-read list for after work. I'm an idiot and didn't RTFA.

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "The NSA: An Inside View"

alfiejohn_ — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 22:01:37 +0000

Did your post have to go through some sort of internal review before you were allowed to publish it? I find it weird that you're allowed to blog, let alone blog about the NSA.

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "Rich kid's successful defense in DUI deaths:'Affluenza'"

alfiejohn_ — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:16:41 +0000

This reminds me of:

  http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/laura.asp

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "TV Is Dying, And Here Are The Stats That Prove It"

alfiejohn_ — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 20:35:23 +0000

"You mean everybody had to sit down and watch the same thing at the same time?" -- kids of the tomorrow

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "Google’s Role In Woodland Child Pornography Arrest Raises Privacy Concerns"

alfiejohn_ — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 20:31:38 +0000

This isn't where the line was crossed. Far from it. Even though eavesdropping on the everyday citizen is a pretty damning thing to do, in their eyes it isn't illegal so they can't understand why everyone is complaining.

The line was crossed a long time ago when the Law was treated as an opinion. This cultivated a "let's see what we can get away with" attitude which is now starting to unfold before the world stage.

For more info, see:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Yoo

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "Bitcoin $600"

alfiejohn_ — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:22:58 +0000

When someone without knowledge in the markets tells you to buy something, it's time to get out. They either heard that golden advice either on TV, the radio or read it in a newspaper but the common denominator was that it was probably a paid ad by someone who wants to offload as much as possible to the next sucker^Winvestor.

So remember, when your bus drivers or barista tells you to buy Microsoft shares, it's probably best to consider Put options.

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "Why GitHub is not your CV"

alfiejohn_ — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:13:44 +0000

> These sorta articles invalidate what I make just because I FEEL like making them. Not sure what to feel about that.

Maybe it's because I'm getting old, but I've learned something... stop caring what others are saying and doing. If you feel like making shit, then make it.

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "What is your most productive shortcut with Vim?"

alfiejohn_ — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:59:14 +0000

Without a doubt turning on the following was the biggest win for me and Vim:

  set relativenumber

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "Why I Now Believe the Glass Ceiling Is Real"

alfiejohn_ — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 04:10:45 +0000

Gee, she is pretty hard on herself in the post.

“Right, well, it’s because you’re young and female.”

But I don't think that was the reason...

"After lengthy negotiations including a bump to VP, an increase in salary and signing bonus, the rock star senior director re-joined"

There we go. Money talks and bullshit walks.

New comment by alfiejohn_ in "FastMail’s servers are in the US – what this means for you"

alfiejohn_ — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:37:15 +0000

We're already in Iceland - from http://blog.fastmail.fm/2012/07/03/a-story-of-leaping-second...

"We have a complete live-spare datacentre in Iceland. Eventually it will be a fully operational centre in its own right, but for now it’s running almost 100% in replica mode."

I'm not so sure about the safe-haveness of Switzerland these days. They already caved to the US, giving them access to banking info (what they're famous for... which leaves me wondering what Switzerland got in return):

  http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/28/uk-switzerland-usa-tax-idUKBRE97R0CY20130828