normac2

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   by normac2 5y ago

   I'm on a job search, and Replit is one of the places I was going to apply, off of their listings on HN Who is Hiring?. So much for that, and I suspect a lot of devs are going to feel the same. (I don't think I'm good enough t
2. 62.▲
   by normac2 5y ago

   Without breaking down my reasoning (which was pretty half-baked and underthought)--I was just trying to understand the OP's point. OP used all kinds of language we associate with governments doing sketchy stuff: "what could be sol
3. 63.▲
   by normac2 5y ago

   Well, maybe they learned they did the wrong thing. Other reasons seem plausible: maybe they just thought it would make them look better if they're caught. Maybe they wanted to look better to their clients/allies who are currently
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   by normac2 5y ago

   > This created the impetus for the US to treat this as an incident far and above the ambient ransomware activities leading up to this. And why would you say this is desirable to the US? Just general "governments take advantage of cr
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   by normac2 5y ago

   I'm interested to understand the psychology of ransomware types who go after these enormous and important targets. That includes the pipeline, which obviously claimed at least a few lives of its own via people not being able to drive t