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Comment by pvg

3 years ago

This isn't the sort of shit you can start here, take a look at

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If you think I went around looking to dig up dirt, I didn't. I just searched djb's name on Twitter to find more discussions about the subject, as post-quantum cryptography is an area I'm curious about.

Regarding asking for a disclosure, I thought that was widely accepted around here. If the CEO of some company criticised a competitor's product, we would generally expect them to disclose that fact upfront. I thought that was appropriate here given the dismissive tone of GP.

  • If you think I went around looking to dig up dirt

    It doesn't matter, you can't toss stuff like that at people here, never mind characterize it the way you did, as a form of argument. It's in the guidelines, there are lots of moderator comments bout it, don't be doing it.

    I thought that was appropriate here given the dismissive tone of GP.

    It's not, no matter how 'dismissive' you think a comment is.

  • > asking for a disclosure

    Bullshit, before you even finish the sentence. You didn't ask, you accused. Did you read the context of the tweets you linked?