Hacker News: youngerdryas

New comment by youngerdryas in "More on Feudal Security"

youngerdryas — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:23:54 +0000

> I can't delete cookies on my iPad

Hmm. I do it all the time.

New comment by youngerdryas in "[dead]"

youngerdryas — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:17:15 +0000

Someone should tell them.

Snowden Is Too Hot for China to Handle

youngerdryas — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:16:22 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-12/snowden-is-too-hot-for-china-to-handle.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5873208

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by youngerdryas in "Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar"

youngerdryas — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:43:53 +0000

You must be Dutch where surveillance is assumed.

New comment by youngerdryas in "How the US Government will Smear, Slight Whistleblower Edward Snowden"

youngerdryas — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:23:26 +0000

Ellsberg was shielded because he was reporting illegal activity by a government official. If what you divulge is not illegal you have no protection.

New comment by youngerdryas in "How the US Government will Smear, Slight Whistleblower Edward Snowden"

youngerdryas — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:32:40 +0000

>Who cares if Daniel Ellsberg’s whistle blowing was illegal?

Grown ups.

New comment by youngerdryas in "Americans Disapprove of Government Surveillance Programs"

youngerdryas — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:22:22 +0000

Can the internet fit in a small box?

New comment by youngerdryas in "Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero"

youngerdryas — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:19:16 +0000

Maybe the definition of hero should be required to have more than one datapoint.

New comment by youngerdryas in "NSA leaker Edward Snowden: U.S. targets China with hackers"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:12:25 +0000

This being the top comment on a thread about how HN's new golden boy, Snowden, is just another scumbag says a lot about what HN is now. We have had vapid ranting articles up voted for the last two days in some circle jerk because people who I assume are usually intelligent have temporarily lost all capacity for critical thought in some deluded quest to take down the US. My brother thinks he is taking down the government by not paying taxes but he is only slowly shooting himself in the foot. I am not downplaying the importance of proper oversight of intelligence.

New comment by youngerdryas in "NSA leaker Edward Snowden: U.S. targets China with hackers"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:51:46 +0000

There is no China angle where it is easy to hate America. Not that I blame people, there is no credible peer.

New comment by youngerdryas in "NSA leaker Edward Snowden: U.S. targets China with hackers"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:16:49 +0000

Even better he turns himself over to them in exchange for a Communist party position.

New comment by youngerdryas in "We Should All Have Something To Hide"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:12:51 +0000

Obviously this is a strawman. Even North Korea does not have 100% compliance.

New comment by youngerdryas in "Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:19:50 +0000

All that exists so far is four vaguely worded power point slides, although their is allegedly a lot more which is not being released for unknown reasons.

New comment by youngerdryas in "Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:12:36 +0000

Will he still be a hero of historic proportions if it turns out he misconstrued the four power point slides?

New comment by youngerdryas in "Before Prosecuting, Investigate the Government"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:04:57 +0000

We should do it now before the story is discredited.

New comment by youngerdryas in "Apple is finally allowing developers to sell their apps to other developers"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:59:07 +0000

Yes, this is definitely better for the users as well as the developers.

New comment by youngerdryas in "NSA Prism logo is a copyright infringment"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:11:37 +0000

Jumping the shark!

New comment by youngerdryas in "Apple is finally allowing developers to sell their apps to other developers"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:02:37 +0000

This title is not accurate. You could always sell your code and assets but you would have to recompile and resubmit whereas now it stays live through the transfer.

New comment by youngerdryas in "David Brooks and the Mind of Edward Snowden"

youngerdryas — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:01:40 +0000

Sarcasm is hard. Do you actually believe David Brooks has "Battered Person Syndrome", or do think it applies to all Americans?

New comment by youngerdryas in "David Brooks and the Mind of Edward Snowden"

youngerdryas — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:48:47 +0000

I am upvoting this for spite, and if David Brooks was battered he probably deserved it.