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Their only evidence was their own claims. Unsubstantiated in any public source. Please please stop taking "maybes" and speculation and presenting it as fact. T

Their only evidence was their own claims. Unsubstantiated in any public source. Please please stop taking "maybes" and speculation and presenting it as fact. That's what irks me about David Axe. I'm really confused, because I have read through some of your other commentary here on programming and security issues and you seem quite intelligent and solid there. So why spread so much FUD about something that's outside of your wheelhouse? You're certainly allowed and encouraged to ask questions, investigate, etc, but you're presenting yourself as an expert on this sort of thing when you aren't.

nickpsecurity 11y ago
I am operating outside my expertise: security and system engineering as you noted. Having to rely on third parties way more than I like. One seems to misrepresent the situation to push his personal success. You've illustrated this pretty well on F-16 case. Another systematically misrepresents the necessity/effectiveness of programs to rake in billions of dollars and has been caught in such schemes many times. Gets away with it because Congress has lots of votes/stock in defense and brass often get hired by them near retirement. I'm not liking my options haha. You have a point, though, in that my own bias against the wasteful program caused me to leverage sources without enough verification. I need to be more careful about that in near future. Thanks for calling me on it.
- engi_nerd 11y ago
  This is why I love HN. Good reasonable conversation on the internet. It's hard enough for me to find in real life. The internet, doubly so.
  - nickpsecurity 11y ago
    Yeah, it's rare and why I've been spending more time than I can justify here. ;) The last site that was similar was Schneier's blog where I put most of my essays and designs on for public benefit. Aside from the large audience, the blog's moderation focused on keeping things civil and it attracted top notch security engineers for solid, peer review. Post-Snowden, too many of Reddit and Slashdot crowd ended up there with what results from that. So, I looked around and ended up here. Been fun. Least my stuff's still there to benefit whoever.

nickpsecurity 11y ago

I am operating outside my expertise: security and system engineering as you noted. Having to rely on third parties way more than I like. One seems to misrepresent the situation to push his personal success. You've illustrated this pretty well on F-16 case. Another systematically misrepresents the necessity/effectiveness of programs to rake in billions of dollars and has been caught in such schemes many times. Gets away with it because Congress has lots of votes/stock in defense and brass often get hired by them near retirement. I'm not liking my options haha. You have a point, though, in that my own bias against the wasteful program caused me to leverage sources without enough verification. I need to be more careful about that in near future. Thanks for calling me on it.

engi_nerd 11y ago
This is why I love HN. Good reasonable conversation on the internet. It's hard enough for me to find in real life. The internet, doubly so.
- nickpsecurity 11y ago
  Yeah, it's rare and why I've been spending more time than I can justify here. ;) The last site that was similar was Schneier's blog where I put most of my essays and designs on for public benefit. Aside from the large audience, the blog's moderation focused on keeping things civil and it attracted top notch security engineers for solid, peer review. Post-Snowden, too many of Reddit and Slashdot crowd ended up there with what results from that. So, I looked around and ended up here. Been fun. Least my stuff's still there to benefit whoever.