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Months old article.

Andreessen is a virus ("Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphising Marc Andreessen") and has a virus' motivations: grow without thinking -- maybe the host dies, maybe it doesn't, but just grow.

are you suggesting the former is not a demonstration of a shocking lack of competency?

I'm suggesting we don't know how the account was hacked, which is true. could be due to incompetence or not. i don't know, nor do you

True, but don't you think the FBI director should be held to higher standards of security hygiene than average people? Because I'm interpreting your tone as "it could happen to anyone". At some point the doubt is gone and there's no more benefit to give...

Comments in this thread mostly reflect people’s own biases, that is a shallow projection based on the headline.

Appeal to authority, the logical fallacy, is not attempting to claim that authority is irrelevant or has zero signal whatsoever.

Slopliance?


In other words, we're still the product at HN: the customers are just not advertisers.


This blog not having any mobile layout is a bit funny.


cowsay "lemon pound cake"


Is this legal advice?


Do you want it to be? I think it's safe to assume that most comments are _not_ legal advice.


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