Hacker News: consonants

New comment by consonants in "Store owner installs surveillance cameras to spy on police"

consonants — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:43:57 +0000

Cop killers are heros.

New comment by consonants in "Here’s who probably did that $150 million Bitcoin transaction"

consonants — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:36:03 +0000

Yes, because the motivations behind money laundering are driven almost exclusively by crime. For purchases you wish to remain private, such as personally embarrassing products, there are 'anonymizing' but traceable services for you to save face with.

There are very few legitimate reasons to be concealing where you money came from or is going from the IRS, and they well aware of the intent behind the actions.

New comment by consonants in "Here’s who probably did that $150 million Bitcoin transaction"

consonants — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:29:44 +0000

Money laundering is the process of concealing sources of money. If the IRS found out Western Union was trying to cover it's tracks of who sent/received money they would be investigated immediately. Laundering implies you have something to hide, most likely tax dollars or ill-received profits.

New comment by consonants in "Here’s who probably did that $150 million Bitcoin transaction"

consonants — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:28:11 +0000

Please stop interjecting with your vested interest as if it trumps anyone else's valid concerns.

New comment by consonants in "NSA infected 50,000 computer networks with malicious software"

consonants — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:08:53 +0000

Given the US's covert and not so covert operations in Latin America, this comes as no surprise. Just because our goons are aren't over there making sure our economic interests are enforced doesn't mean we gave up on our stronghold.

New comment by consonants in "North Korean Central News Agency server logs protected by client-side JavaScript"

consonants — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 22:00:46 +0000

Yup, a whole lineage is either dead or in a prison camp for making a mockery of Juche networking.

New comment by consonants in "Why we look at job applicants' Github or 'What's your excuse?'"

consonants — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 20:25:05 +0000

BaynesianWitch - The company that used the word 'tranny' in an A/B tested public statement intended to incite and offend their audience. Stay classy, BaynesianWitch.

New comment by consonants in "YouTube Shoots Google in Foot, Publishers Suffer Collateral Damage "

consonants — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:12:20 +0000

Try a different adblocker that isn't being paid by Google to whitelist their ads. Try different blocklists, and for the real scummy domains I use a host redirect through my firewall.

New comment by consonants in "YouTube Shoots Google in Foot, Publishers Suffer Collateral Damage "

consonants — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:07:43 +0000

Then do it so we can find another way around it.

New comment by consonants in "Feds say Silk Road suspect’s computer shows he (thought he) plotted 6 murders"

consonants — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 04:13:58 +0000

Well, you see, terrorists..

New comment by consonants in "Feds say Silk Road suspect’s computer shows he (thought he) plotted 6 murders"

consonants — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 04:12:33 +0000

It's the feds. They faked the hit.

New comment by consonants in "Pencil "

consonants — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:21:30 +0000

Obnoxious is more like it.

New comment by consonants in "Dropbox Could Be A Bargain At An $8 Billion Valuation"

consonants — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:01:54 +0000

A bigger threat would be Amazon competing with Dropbox, not some passive-aggressive slight.

New comment by consonants in "Polygon's PlayStation 4 Review"

consonants — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:29:49 +0000

That's a really obnoxious page for such a little amount of content.

New comment by consonants in "Docker on Raspberry Pi"

consonants — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 23:39:05 +0000

This will make things easy to use docker on my Exynos board, last time I tried it there was no ARM compatibility.

New comment by consonants in "The Problem with Altcoins"

consonants — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:01:06 +0000

The problem with Altcoins is that they prove to be a perceivable threat to Bitcoin true believers and the perceived long-term value of their holdings.

New comment by consonants in "UK spies continue “quantum insert” attack via LinkedIn, Slashdot pages"

consonants — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 21:56:53 +0000

High value targets exchanging high value information on a network with high value activity.

New comment by consonants in "Is It O.K. to Kill Cyclists?"

consonants — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:51:25 +0000

You're on your own if you're involved in an accident while riding a bike.

New comment by consonants in "Silk Road 2.0 Launches"

consonants — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:34:02 +0000

I try to avoid anything that would bring the bitcoin crowd out, or I might have an aneurysm.

New comment by consonants in "Silk Road 2.0 Launches"

consonants — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:19:05 +0000

Maybe I should clarify: it's one of the most directly irresponsible things I've seen unironically suggested here.

If you don't see the irresponsibility of implicating an unknowing third-party in a serious life ruining felony, I don't know what to tell you.

Given that this is most likely filled with vendors who are either agents or guys who have been popped and are now confidential informants, your statistics are way off.