HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

wlangstroth

4 karma · joined December 5, 2010

submissionscomments
wlangstroth··on The rsync.net Warrant Canary is now 15 years old
I've used rsync.net since some time before the warrant canary - I'm guessing around 20 years - and I only have nice things to say about the service. Even though I'm just a retail user, the couple of times I've needed support, it was prompt and helpful.

I've heard and read lots of stories of people losing all of their data in some accident or theft, and that's just something I don't have to worry about.

Can't think of any other service as reliable over such a long period of time, with the possible exception of running water.

wlangstroth··on Air Force Blocks Access to NewYorkTimes.com & 25 Other News sites Over Wikileaks
Wait, "Space Command"?
wlangstroth··on Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
I call shenanigans. The alien robots of John McCain and Keith Richards have had little to no impact whatsoever.
wlangstroth··on Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
"Hard" is just an opportunity to learn something. Are you saying you're not a hacker?
wlangstroth··on Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
Paranoia? I wasn't looking for a smoking gun, I was looking for an illustration of business as usual.
wlangstroth··on Leaving .Net
It would be great to hear back from Dave after a few years with Rails, which as many know, has its own drawbacks.

I'm not saying he shouldn't be excited for a change, but in a couple of years, who knows? Maybe he'll be checking out Haskell, and we'll hear about how great that is.

wlangstroth··on Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
I thought this was hacker news. Are we going to yammer or are we going to look at the code?

Anyone familiar with the code in question? Even the neighbourhood would be helpful.

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/

wlangstroth··on "Google asserts copyright, even on work I do in my own time." (Snap framework)
Even though I'm certain no comment of mine precipitated this wild overreaction, I'd still like to make it clear that I never intended to encourage anything but academic discussion among Snap developers when I responded to Greg's comment on github.

cdibona's candid description of the situation certainly does not warrant a Marxist interpretation.