Mixing discussions between people makes it harder to respond to your comments. It's better to have one comment aimed at me and one aimed at tptacek. As for the

Mixing discussions between people makes it harder to respond to your comments. It's better to have one comment aimed at me and one aimed at tptacek. As for the content of your comment, it's hard to distinguish what's aimed at me and what's aimed at him, so I'll assume everything aside from your first sentence is aimed at him.