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HN is so paranoid. All government is bad, anyone from a spy agency is some double/triple/quadruple agent who's actually a terrorist child soldier working for Fa

HN is so paranoid. All government is bad, anyone from a spy agency is some double/triple/quadruple agent who's actually a terrorist child soldier working for Facebook on the side.

smolder 6y ago
Is that surprising? They do stuff that is rather paranoia-inducing, like: illegitimate dragnet spying on our populous, breaking into networks to eavesdrop and gather secret keys/intel, backdooring random number generators, etc.
droffel 6y ago
Is it really paranoia if the evidence of mass surveillance and abuse of power is right in front of our eyes? It isn't 2012 anymore, Snowden kind of made it quite clear what's actually going on behind the curtain.
nemacol 6y ago
There is no foil on my head, but ... it is very reasonable to be paranoid, right? They are not talking about the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs or the Office of the Comptroller of the currency... It is a comment on the NSA. From what we know, everything they do is a bit creepy. Far from "All government is bad" ... The comment is about an agency that Snowden warned us about. Also, historically speaking the US government (various departments) has done a lot of really shady things. "They" are not going to let us know all of the shenanigans they are up to. The list of mischievous things we are aware of surely isn't everything. Are we aware of 70%? 60%? I'm going to bet lower. So you have a opaque organization with a fairly long list of misdeeds and (this is just my sense of things) a growing boldness. NSA programs, patriot act, etc - those are bold programs they have in place. Those are not the "top secret" things we don't get to know about. It does not take a lot of imagination to make that leap.
- ta1771 6y ago
  > There is no foil on my head, but Good thing, because this would amplify radio frequencies. This trope needs to die.
  - yakaccount4 6y ago
    Doesn't that make the joke even better?
  - nemacol 6y ago
    Would it? I suppose thinking about it like an antenna, it would aplify. But I would think the bowl shape on my head would reflect my thoughts back into my head. Where a bowl upside-down on my head would act more like a dish to collect external waves. Pretty sure anyone listening to my thoughts would get bored. Have the gold fishes song stuck in there since the 90's. I love the fishes 'cause they're so delicious Gotta go fishin' I could eat them everyday And my mom says that's ok I love the fishes 'cause they're so delicious Get Goldfishes!

HN is so paranoid. All government is bad, anyone from a spy agency is some double/triple/quadruple agent who's actually a terrorist child soldier working for Facebook on the side.

smolder 6y ago

Is that surprising? They do stuff that is rather paranoia-inducing, like: illegitimate dragnet spying on our populous, breaking into networks to eavesdrop and gather secret keys/intel, backdooring random number generators, etc.

droffel 6y ago

Is it really paranoia if the evidence of mass surveillance and abuse of power is right in front of our eyes? It isn't 2012 anymore, Snowden kind of made it quite clear what's actually going on behind the curtain.

nemacol 6y ago

There is no foil on my head, but ... it is very reasonable to be paranoid, right? They are not talking about the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs or the Office of the Comptroller of the currency... It is a comment on the NSA. From what we know, everything they do is a bit creepy. Far from "All government is bad" ... The comment is about an agency that Snowden warned us about. Also, historically speaking the US government (various departments) has done a lot of really shady things. "They" are not going to let us know all of the shenanigans they are up to. The list of mischievous things we are aware of surely isn't everything. Are we aware of 70%? 60%? I'm going to bet lower. So you have a opaque organization with a fairly long list of misdeeds and (this is just my sense of things) a growing boldness. NSA programs, patriot act, etc - those are bold programs they have in place. Those are not the "top secret" things we don't get to know about. It does not take a lot of imagination to make that leap.

ta1771 6y ago
> There is no foil on my head, but Good thing, because this would amplify radio frequencies. This trope needs to die.
- yakaccount4 6y ago
  Doesn't that make the joke even better?
- nemacol 6y ago
  Would it? I suppose thinking about it like an antenna, it would aplify. But I would think the bowl shape on my head would reflect my thoughts back into my head. Where a bowl upside-down on my head would act more like a dish to collect external waves. Pretty sure anyone listening to my thoughts would get bored. Have the gold fishes song stuck in there since the 90's. I love the fishes 'cause they're so delicious Gotta go fishin' I could eat them everyday And my mom says that's ok I love the fishes 'cause they're so delicious Get Goldfishes!