Hacker News: pnw_hazor

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store"

pnw_hazor — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 08:04:01 +0000

Not unlike the CCP.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol"

pnw_hazor — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 03:55:09 +0000

The acting police chief of Seattle (acting because the black female chief resigned rather face a punitive pay decrease among other things) said today that they will start arresting rioters who destroy property or assault people.

He said the SPD has the support of the city attorney. The Seattle city attorney, Pete Holmes, is mostly famous for not prosecuting anyone.

The chief said it had nothing to do with who occupies the whitehouse.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol"

pnw_hazor — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 03:44:59 +0000

It is not part of the problem, it is part of the plan.

How else are we going to get bi-partisan support for the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021

New comment by pnw_hazor in "FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol"

pnw_hazor — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 03:43:00 +0000

Conflating the facts is very useful to ones who are trying to establish or control a narrative.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol"

pnw_hazor — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 03:39:04 +0000

Many of these people are cheering for the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2021.

Turning your phone off or leaving it at home is already used to identify suspects.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol"

pnw_hazor — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 03:06:42 +0000

And if you make a mistake on a date or location, you are open to be charged with a making false statements -- a felony if you do it a federal agent.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Loon’s final flight"

pnw_hazor — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:02:51 +0000

Are any of those innovations?

It seems to me they are all boring, obvious, copied, or purchased products that complement their ad selling business.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival GitHub"

pnw_hazor — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 08:13:37 +0000

Credit is due for taking advantage of the west's naivete and greed.

Most-favored-nation (MFN) trade status renewal came with conditions. Few if any were met by CCP China and yet American administrations continually renewed MFN for CCP China. Ultimately President Bush (#43) made it permanent.

They opened the door that enabled CCP China to drink the West's milkshake.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival GitHub"

pnw_hazor — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:36:33 +0000

CCP China is thriving because of liberal capitalism -- the flood of hard currency that otherwise was unobtainable made all the difference.

CCP China should build monuments to President Bush (#41) and President Clinton. Otherwise they would have went the way of the USSR.

edit: and President Bush (#43) for making most-favored-nation trading status with CCP China permanent.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes"

pnw_hazor — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:27:46 +0000

All 2-way walkie-talkie type radios are covered by the FCC.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes"

pnw_hazor — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:26:27 +0000

Similar to the ATF reminding folks that firearms should not be used to commit crimes.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes"

pnw_hazor — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:18:01 +0000

The warning applies to GMRS walkie-talkies too. I doubt folks were using HAM bands.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook"

pnw_hazor — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:42:48 +0000

They are still active, just not violent.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "The Problem with Writing-Style Advice"

pnw_hazor — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:24:00 +0000

I took a technical writing course in engineering school and much later a legal writing course in law school.

After LS when I started writing stuff that mattered, I studied Bryan Garner's Lawprose work. At one law firm they invited him in to give a class. I really learned a lot from his books.

One thing I hold on to closely is to respect the time of your reader. (Especially busy people like judges.)

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Russians, FBI says"

pnw_hazor — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 20:16:12 +0000

Sounds like a good way to blow your cover. Much better to play it cool and get hired into the target agencies/offices directly.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients, insurance companies"

pnw_hazor — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:40:56 +0000

President Obama's DOJ broke the asylum system by allowing local non-state crime or poverty to be grounds for claiming asylum. This change triggered the family/children caravans and general flooding of the border with women and children.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "HR is not your friend, and other things I think you should know"

pnw_hazor — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:26:29 +0000

When I used to do employee-side employment law, the story of almost every client or potential client included a visit to HR that preceded workplace retaliation and/or termination.

Back in the day my first tech job was at a startup. The VP of Engineering was the first person to tell me to never be loyal to a company. This came up in a one-on-one meeting where we were discussing a pending merger with a larger corp. I began to mumble something about wanting to be loyal to the company and he immediately cut me off to tell me to never be loyal to a company, including the one we both were in at the time.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Google Safe Browsing can kill a startup"

pnw_hazor — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:06:54 +0000

That is malice.

Accidentally unleashing a process that harms people is negligence. Not caring that you are being negligent is malice.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Native Americans say U.S. does not own land it is about to give to Rio Tinto"

pnw_hazor — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 02:43:51 +0000

Congress can change the treaty at-will.

In McGirt v OK, the SCOTUS held that Congress did not take the necessary action to rollback/modify the prior treaty as it applied to criminal jurisdiction.

New comment by pnw_hazor in "Licensing changes to Elasticsearch and Kibana"

pnw_hazor — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:50:09 +0000

Ambiguities result in increased litigation expense. Each argument over what a term means or how it should be interpreted is very expensive. These kinds of disagreements often need to be resolved early in the case by expensive motion practice.

It is much cheaper if both sides are willing to stipulate that they are in agreement with what the terms mean. Then you can get to fact finding and settlement talks with less upfront cost.