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ciarannolanon Founders and Executives of Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Charged

> 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/press-release/file/1323316...

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ciarannolanon Founders and Executives of Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Charged

Can you at least read the article before going full "America bad"?

They operated an office in Manhattan and had US customers.

ciarannolanon My friend starts her job today, after learning to program in prison

I didn't mean for my comment to be pure snark. I think I misread the headline or it was changed.

ciarannolanon Suicide Linux (2009)

What's wrong with that command?

ciarannolanon Suicide Linux (2009)

Like playing linux on survival mode? I like it.

ciarannolanon Suicide Linux (2009)

I think the lack of confirmation message is sort of the point.

ciarannolanon My friend starts her job today, after learning to program in prison

> 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 filters they use to narrow the field.

ciarannolanon My friend starts her job today, after learning to program in prison

That's true. I either misread the headline or it was changed from "_How_ my friend got a job at...". Probably the former.

ciarannolanon My friend starts her job today, after learning to program in prison

tldr: "I reached out to a friend who is Head of Engineering at a ~500 person fintech company."

ciarannolanon My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build her a giant bookshelf

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 gets shoved into every possible sub-community, even where it's not relevant.

It makes the default subreddits totally unusable imo. Sometimes I just want to see funny pictures, not be lectured to about why I'm a racist or how my unconscious biases blah blah blah.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_drift

ciarannolanon The Airline Industry's Meltdown

Are they doing this intentionally to bait-and-switch people?

ciarannolanon McAfee S-1

Did you click the link before commenting? The date is in the first line.

ciarannolanon Uber secures right to continue operating in London

> 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 showed the medical records to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and SVP Emil Michael. In addition, numerous executives at the car-hailing company were either told about the records or shown them.

https://www.vox.com/2017/6/7/15754316/uber-executive-india-a...

ciarannolanon Judge temporarily blocks U.S. ban on TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores

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...

ciarannolanon Coinbase is a mission focused company

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 Coinbase is banning at work.

ciarannolanon Coinbase is a mission focused company

> 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 aren’t excited about, and we’re happy to make that a win-win conversation.

> We won’t:

> Debate causes or political candidates internally when unrelated to our mission

> Expect the company to represent our personal beliefs externally

> Assume negative intent, or not have each others back

> Take on activism outside of our core mission at work

I wish more companies would take this position. I go to work to build great things and work with great people, not to talk about identity or partisan politics.

ciarannolanon Make Him a Suspect: Rochester PD's Response to Killing of an Unarmed Black Man

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/EHpCrmrCtn8

ciarannolanon James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and Computing History [video]

The host of this show is known for wearing that exact outfit pretty much everywhere.

ciarannolanon Password-cracking theory against Assange unravels at extradition trial

> 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.

ciarannolanon Password-cracking theory against Assange unravels at extradition trial

That makes sense, thanks. What is Assange's alleged overt act? Or is it just required of one of the conspirators?

ciarannolanon Password-cracking theory against Assange unravels at extradition trial

> 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 (related usernames or something)

4. Never actually cracking it and no further action

Does anyone have any more specifics on what Assange actually did here to break the law? The indictment is pretty vague on this and it seems to be the central issue.

[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1289641/downl... (page 9)

ciarannolanon China blocks Wikimedia Foundation’s accreditation to WIPO

I downvoted because it's painfully clear that GP didn't even click the link before commenting.

ciarannolanon They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

> 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.

ciarannolanon UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors to donors

I think you also have to determine the purpose of a university.

It's either to take the top students, bar none, or it is to educate and uplift poorer students (economically and educationally). Mixing these two doesn't work.

ciarannolanon CIA Labs

Can you please do comments like this on Reddit or Twitter instead?

ciarannolanon New Steve Jobs recordings from the '80s released

That's true. I've completely given up on watching videos on news sites like this for all the reasons you mentioned.

I usually see the headline and go to youtube to find the video.

ciarannolanon Why are Amnesty International monitors not able to observe the Assange hearing?

> 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 (related usernames or something)

4. Never actually cracking it and no further action

Does anyone have any more specifics on what Assange actually did here to break the law? The indictment is pretty vague on this and it seems to be the central issue.

[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1289641/downl... (page 9)

ciarannolanon New Steve Jobs recordings from the '80s released

Do you use an ad blocker? Or browse with js off by default?

I do both and this site looks fine, like any other article online.