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Thanks for the reply. There is a connection, of course, but it is not that Amazon knows . Statement B is evidence in the sense that it suggests Amazon does not believe security is …

Interesting... so it seems resume trumps argument at HN? Well, pile on the down-votes folks, I've got to get back to work.

Your resume is very impressive, and I see that you obviously know a lot about security at Amazon, yet this by itself does not discount my points. Those are: 1) AWS could be comprom…

I'm not sure where the confusion lies, but I'm guessing you see "security concerns" as equivalent to "knowledge of ownership"? It seems to me those are entirely different things, a…

I'm not sure how you can say that so matter-of-factly. My security friend was talking about something that Amazon does not (and presumably very few people do) know. Meanwhile my fr…

My friend from Amazon works in the supply-chain side of things, and he said he really wants to use it, but everything has to be encrypted and some stuff is off limits. I take it yo…

Certainly agree. Perhaps it would be better to suggest moving to dedicated servers, depending how security-paranoid you are, anyhow.

While I agree it is hard to believe, it would be even more surprising if Amazon did know about it. The fact that they do not use AWS internally suggests that---at least with their …

One potential reason not to move: Security. A good friend deep in the security community once told me, off hand, that EC2 was "owned." I didn't take this too seriously until anothe…

The title and tone do suggest he is making a general criticism of hacker news. Still, it says "A Hacker News Story", not "Any Hacker News Story" so the anatomy could be specific, b…

This one is close enough to startle me, at least: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1876621

Mostly looks good, but I'd use a different font, or actual handwriting on top of the graph. And the arrow is ugly. Maybe have a free option to get some traction.

Launch. If it gets traction and it looks like court is the only other option, make a settlement with him. Don't worry what is "fair" or about the work you've already sunk in. Just …

Good advice. Beyond that, I recommend surrounding yourself with critical, intelligent, trustworthy people. I bounce all my ideas off a core group of friends, and generally don't bo…

Having met Dave, I can say he's one of those people you immediately trust. The guy is set financially, and is only is the investment game for the fun of it. And yeah, his style is …

Couldn't this be an expectation issue? Washing their hands signaled to the subjects that they were in a more "proper" social environment. To fit in, they may have judged the social…

Maybe he should sell it in source form as a "build it yourself" product. I'd definitely pay for it.

A resume should play to your strengths, and not get too personal. If your grades were bad then, leave them off, but show how awesome you are anyway. If they ask at an interview, ju…

But first, let's nail down the context, because if we can't agree on that then we really shouldn't even be discussing the topic (and I suspect the whole problem here is that Myers …

we need to model everything that happens to the brain before it becomes a brain Perhaps the disconnect here is that Kurzweil, operating from an information theory perspective, is n…

Lesson: Put a password on your router.

Indeed. The danger, however, is getting so caught up in the race that you forget why you started in the first place. That's why I'm forcing myself to finish a book before my next s…

It really depends on whether you think his argument is right. If it sounds more or less correct, drop the idea and think up something else. (Of course, if you can't evaluate it for…