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Except that everyone has some data that they want to keep private... Maybe you want to keep your text messages private from your employer, or your browsing his
by bcook 11y ago
Except that everyone has some data that they want to keep private...
Maybe you want to keep your text messages private from your employer, or your browsing history private from your children, or your maximum driving speeds private from your local law-enforcement, or your sexual preference separate from your wife, or etc, etc.
- smcl 11y agoI think the GP is repeating the line that we the public are always sold by these government agencies re privacy for comic effect :)
- rawTruthHurts 11y agoI think you kind of missed the sarcasm.
- bcook 11y agoIf only there were a sarcasm punctuation... Sadly, we only have emoticons. ;)
- xxs 11y agothere are quotes around, should more than enough.
- bcook 11y agoIt should (be), maybe, but is a mistake worthy of downvotes? Probably, I guess. Lesson: Never misinterpret, especially when feeding the ego.
- singold 11y agoIt's kind of customary around HN to end sarcastic comments with /s
- logfromblammo 11y agoI frequently use the tilde ('~') for this purpose. Others use "/s". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation Most of the marks historically used for insincerity or irony would fail today because they cannot be typed on any keyboards.
- bcook 11y agoHmm... I only (mis)use the tilda as an expression of uncertainty, like "~130Mbit".
- dragonwriter 11y agoThat's not a misuse, indicating that a value is a loose approximation is a major use of the tilde.
- tonyedgecombe 11y agoHumour is wasted on the internet.
- caskance 11y agoWants mean little. I want to marry Taylor Swift.