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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> They were also caught a few years ago asking users to "verify their emails" by providing Facebook their email account password(2), after which FB's servers logged into the user's email account and scraped their cont
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
But it's not a waste of time, because the purpose isn't to have a cogent conversation about the issue. It's to beat up on a CEO or two for 5 minutes and tweet out the clip to your followers. And for that, it's time well
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I removed it from my comment (probably as you were writing) because you're right, it's lame and doesn't belong on HN. My apologies.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
They had an office in Manhattan and customers in the US. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1323316... (Page 8)
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1323316... Page 8.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> What right does the U.S. Federal Government have to prosecute people who aren't even operating within their jurisdiction? Besides the office in Manhattan, I'm sure you mean? https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny&#
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Can you at least read the article before going full "America bad"? They operated an office in Manhattan and had US customers.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I didn't mean for my comment to be pure snark. I think I misread the headline or it was changed.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
What's wrong with that command?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Like playing linux on survival mode? I like it.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I think the lack of confirmation message is sort of the point.
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Suicide Linux (2009)(qntm.org)
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> Does a background check in the US imply that they'd never consider anyone with any blemish on their record whatsoever? No, but federal jobs usually get dozens or hundreds of applicants. Removing felons is usually one of the first
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
That's true. I either misread the headline or it was changed from "_How_ my friend got a job at...". Probably the former.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
tldr: "I reached out to a friend who is Head of Engineering at a ~500 person fintech company."
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
One problem with Reddit is that every major community experiences something akin to Channel Drift [1]. Like the subreddit you linked to (r/pics), they all become some version of r/politics-lite where the majority political view ge
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Are they doing this intentionally to bait-and-switch people?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Did you click the link before commenting? The date is in the first line.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> A top Uber executive obtained medical records of a woman who had been raped during a ride in India, according to multiple sources. > The executive in question, Eric Alexander, the president of business in the Asia Pacific, then show
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I don't think most Americans would be too keen to forfeit 15% of the country's GDP [1] to own the libs. [1] https://www.statista.com/chart/9358/us-gdp-by-state-and-regi...
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I updated my comment with this language, because I agree. Of course people will come out of the woodwork to talk about how "my very existence is political" or some other nonsense. Ie. exactly the kind of thing I'm glad Coinba
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> But for some employees, working at an activism focused company may be core to what they want, and we want to prompt that conversation with their manager to help them get to a better place. Life is too short to work somewhere that you a
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Bodycam of the incident is available [1]. Linking as a footnote because it's NSFW and hard to watch. They basically crush the life out this guy then joke as he lays naked and dead in the street. [1] https://youtu.be/EHp
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
The host of this show is known for wearing that exact outfit pretty much everywhere.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> Is it clear Assange knew the password was to a U.S. government computer system? Yes, very clear. Skim the indictment a bit, it goes into some detail re: their communication.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
That makes sense, thanks. What is Assange's alleged overt act? Or is it just required of one of the conspirators?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> ASSANGE Agrees to Help Manning Crack a Password [1] Is this what Assange is accused of doing? 1. Receiving a password hash from Manning 2. Telling Manning he'll try to crack it 3. Following up asking for more info about it (relat
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I downvoted because it's painfully clear that GP didn't even click the link before commenting.
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Listen to Wikipedia(listen.hatnote.com)
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> Do people find "?" as being aggressive? I'm on the younger side for HN. In my social circles replying to something with either just '?' or just a leading '?' is pretty aggressive and rude.

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