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Yes, they did. Here is tptacek saying that Assagne was dishonest and irrational when claiming to fear extradition to America: https://news.ycombinator.com/item

Yes, they did. Here is tptacek saying that Assagne was dishonest and irrational when claiming to fear extradition to America: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11043329 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11043329 Go through his comment history and survey what he's been saying about Assange over the years. It's pretty egregious.

mikeyouse 7y ago
Here's the context for that comment, which isn't nearly as black/white as claimed; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11043068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11043068
mamurphy 7y ago
Well, wait a second here. Tptacek seems to have been clear in saying that Assange being extradited from the UK itself is much more likely than being extradited from Sweden. Assange ended up being extradited from the UK itself. Since he was forced out of the embassy into the arms of UK police, and never planned to go to Sweden, I don't think we'll ever know if he would have been extradited from Sweden (or on route to Sweden) or not. Tptacek was making a point that's a bit more nuanced than you seem to give credit for. He hasn't been "proven wrong" by the UK allowing US to extradite Assange.
- darkpuma 7y ago
  Also tptacek: "The fact that they won't render Polanski to the US cuts against Assange's argument." Let's be real here, he never would have made it to Sweden. One way or another, Assange's fear that leaving the embassy would end in him in an American courtroom was neither irrational nor dishonest.
patejam 7y ago
Who is tptacek and why should we care what they have to say?
- mod 7y ago
  He's a prolific poster and as close as you can get to "celebrity" status on this website. I have no idea why the poster above you is choosing to attack him specifically, though.
  - patejam 7y ago
    Yeah using a single "celebrity" on a niche online forum to prove it was not "commonly held he would face such charges" is very strange.
- shawnz 7y ago
  He is likely the most prolific commenter on this site: https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders
  - patejam 7y ago
    Ok. Why does that make their singular beliefs relevant? I'd expect the poster I was responding to to link news articles, politicians, political pundits, etc. to show it was a not a commonly held belief that he'd face such charges. Not some prolific poster on a niche tech forum.
    - shawnz 7y ago
      Well, presumably most people reading this think of this niche tech forum as their own community. And looking at the opinions of the most prolific members of that community is likely a good way to get an idea of the opinions held there in general
    - docker_up 7y ago
      Exactly. tptacek loves to talk with extreme confidence and 70% of people will just listen because he says so. But he's just someone who likes to post on HN an extremely high amount, he's not an authority figure.
    - belorn 7y ago

mikeyouse 7y ago

Here's the context for that comment, which isn't nearly as black/white as claimed; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11043068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11043068

mamurphy 7y ago

Well, wait a second here. Tptacek seems to have been clear in saying that Assange being extradited from the UK itself is much more likely than being extradited from Sweden. Assange ended up being extradited from the UK itself. Since he was forced out of the embassy into the arms of UK police, and never planned to go to Sweden, I don't think we'll ever know if he would have been extradited from Sweden (or on route to Sweden) or not. Tptacek was making a point that's a bit more nuanced than you seem to give credit for. He hasn't been "proven wrong" by the UK allowing US to extradite Assange.

darkpuma 7y ago
Also tptacek: "The fact that they won't render Polanski to the US cuts against Assange's argument." Let's be real here, he never would have made it to Sweden. One way or another, Assange's fear that leaving the embassy would end in him in an American courtroom was neither irrational nor dishonest.

patejam 7y ago

Who is tptacek and why should we care what they have to say?

mod 7y ago
He's a prolific poster and as close as you can get to "celebrity" status on this website. I have no idea why the poster above you is choosing to attack him specifically, though.
- patejam 7y ago
  Yeah using a single "celebrity" on a niche online forum to prove it was not "commonly held he would face such charges" is very strange.
shawnz 7y ago
He is likely the most prolific commenter on this site: https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders
- patejam 7y ago
  Ok. Why does that make their singular beliefs relevant? I'd expect the poster I was responding to to link news articles, politicians, political pundits, etc. to show it was a not a commonly held belief that he'd face such charges. Not some prolific poster on a niche tech forum.
  - shawnz 7y ago
    Well, presumably most people reading this think of this niche tech forum as their own community. And looking at the opinions of the most prolific members of that community is likely a good way to get an idea of the opinions held there in general
  - docker_up 7y ago
    Exactly. tptacek loves to talk with extreme confidence and 70% of people will just listen because he says so. But he's just someone who likes to post on HN an extremely high amount, he's not an authority figure.
  - belorn 7y ago