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At the same time, somebody blocked off the main road with a truck. https://i.imgur.com/IvmuPl3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/IvmuPl3.jpg

nameisu 8y ago
poetic
- cjhopman 8y ago
  You keep using that word.
r00fus 8y ago
That’s actually not funny. If those activities were coordinated its a chilling message.
- King-Aaron 8y ago
  Agree, that's pretty scary to see someone go to that extent of planning. This is our peers that are being targeted for violence over the general state of the technology industry.
  - acct1771 8y ago
    If you work for Facebook, at this point, you're not my peer.
    - dymk 8y ago
      This type of comment (and how divorced from reality it is) is an example of the problem.
      - sneak 8y ago
        People continuing to work for Facebook after they have demonstrated the harm that they cause is also an example of “the problem”, if you insist on there being only one.
  - sneak 8y ago
    Fake bomb threats, regardless of how you feel about them, are not violence unless they are accompanied by a demand or seek to compel in some way. TBH as long as there are no real bombs and no one is physically harmed or coerced, I fully support this sort of nonviolent disruption of the surveillance apparatus.
    - dymk 8y ago
      Why are you trying to diminish how serious this is? Bomb threats are terrorism. > I fully support this sort of nonviolent disruption of the surveillance apparatus The way you think actively harms people.
      - sneak 8y ago
        Yes, absolutely. Nonviolent terrorism is justified in many cases. Simply slapping the “terrorism” label on something to villify it doesn’t change the nature of the thing being described. I am not trying to diminish how serious this is; I find this to be an admirable innovation in nonviolent disruption of those that would harm our society. It is surprising it hasn’t happened more or sooner. Perhaps you could explain to me how my thoughts are harming other people.
        Puer 8y ago
        > Yes, absolutely. Nonviolent terrorism is justified in many cases. Simply slapping the “terrorism” label on something to villify it doesn’t change the nature of the thing being described. > I am not trying to diminish how serious this is; I find this to be an admirable innovation in nonviolent disruption of those that would harm our society. It is surprising it hasn’t happened more or sooner. This is one of the most disgusting and disturbing comments I've read in 10 years on Hacker News, sneak. Calling in fake bomb threats isn't harmless or nonviolent and it increases the deadliness of real threats by diminishing their seriousness. I suggest you read the folktale "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Furthermore, people have died as a result of false swatting and I don't doubt people have also died as a result of fake bomb threats. Calling it a nonviolent form of protest is disturbing. I strongly suggest you find more productive ways to voice your opinions.
joe_the_user 8y ago
Google tells me that truck is associated with an existing campaign against Facebook by vpn.com. https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/09/1466758/0/en/DeleteFacebook-VPN-com-Takes-Protest-of-Cambridge-Analytica-Scandal-to-U-S-Capitol-Facebook-s-Headquarters.html https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/09/1466758/0/... https://www.google.com/search?q=%22deletefacebook%22+%22truck%22&client=ubuntu&hs=wye&channel=fs&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBgM7VwZnfAhWwna0KHSnOACkQsAR6BAgFEAE https://www.google.com/search?q=%22deletefacebook%22+%22truc...
- latchkey 8y ago
  Seems like they would be the first people to contact about a bomb threat then.
  - joe_the_user 8y ago
    Maybe, at the same time, given these trucks are everywhere, I have no idea whether the photo in the parent is a truck blocking the highway out or a random picture of truck somewhere.
nodesocket 8y ago
Do we have confirmation this was indeed at the same time? A comment below seems to indicate this truck was there previously.

nameisu 8y ago

poetic

cjhopman 8y ago
You keep using that word.

r00fus 8y ago

That’s actually not funny. If those activities were coordinated its a chilling message.

King-Aaron 8y ago
Agree, that's pretty scary to see someone go to that extent of planning. This is our peers that are being targeted for violence over the general state of the technology industry.
- acct1771 8y ago
  If you work for Facebook, at this point, you're not my peer.
  - dymk 8y ago
    This type of comment (and how divorced from reality it is) is an example of the problem.
    - sneak 8y ago
      People continuing to work for Facebook after they have demonstrated the harm that they cause is also an example of “the problem”, if you insist on there being only one.
- sneak 8y ago
  Fake bomb threats, regardless of how you feel about them, are not violence unless they are accompanied by a demand or seek to compel in some way. TBH as long as there are no real bombs and no one is physically harmed or coerced, I fully support this sort of nonviolent disruption of the surveillance apparatus.
  - dymk 8y ago
    Why are you trying to diminish how serious this is? Bomb threats are terrorism. > I fully support this sort of nonviolent disruption of the surveillance apparatus The way you think actively harms people.
    - sneak 8y ago
      Yes, absolutely. Nonviolent terrorism is justified in many cases. Simply slapping the “terrorism” label on something to villify it doesn’t change the nature of the thing being described. I am not trying to diminish how serious this is; I find this to be an admirable innovation in nonviolent disruption of those that would harm our society. It is surprising it hasn’t happened more or sooner. Perhaps you could explain to me how my thoughts are harming other people.
      - Puer 8y ago
        > Yes, absolutely. Nonviolent terrorism is justified in many cases. Simply slapping the “terrorism” label on something to villify it doesn’t change the nature of the thing being described. > I am not trying to diminish how serious this is; I find this to be an admirable innovation in nonviolent disruption of those that would harm our society. It is surprising it hasn’t happened more or sooner. This is one of the most disgusting and disturbing comments I've read in 10 years on Hacker News, sneak. Calling in fake bomb threats isn't harmless or nonviolent and it increases the deadliness of real threats by diminishing their seriousness. I suggest you read the folktale "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Furthermore, people have died as a result of false swatting and I don't doubt people have also died as a result of fake bomb threats. Calling it a nonviolent form of protest is disturbing. I strongly suggest you find more productive ways to voice your opinions.

joe_the_user 8y ago

Google tells me that truck is associated with an existing campaign against Facebook by vpn.com. https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/09/1466758/0/en/DeleteFacebook-VPN-com-Takes-Protest-of-Cambridge-Analytica-Scandal-to-U-S-Capitol-Facebook-s-Headquarters.html https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/09/1466758/0/... https://www.google.com/search?q=%22deletefacebook%22+%22truck%22&client=ubuntu&hs=wye&channel=fs&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBgM7VwZnfAhWwna0KHSnOACkQsAR6BAgFEAE https://www.google.com/search?q=%22deletefacebook%22+%22truc...

latchkey 8y ago
Seems like they would be the first people to contact about a bomb threat then.
- joe_the_user 8y ago
  Maybe, at the same time, given these trucks are everywhere, I have no idea whether the photo in the parent is a truck blocking the highway out or a random picture of truck somewhere.

nodesocket 8y ago

Do we have confirmation this was indeed at the same time? A comment below seems to indicate this truck was there previously.