Snowden about to step forward, live. • Hacker News Board

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by rfnslyr » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 2:24 PM UTC

jbrooksuk wrote: post #3

paddy_m wrote: post #2

Whistle Blower Edward Snowden has convened a meeting with representatives of several human rights organsiationer. The meeting is expected to take place today at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. - I can confirm that the meeting will take place at 16:00 local time at the airport. We will not increase security at the airport ahead of the meeting, says Roman Genis head of the press office at Sheremetyevo Airport. Already…

Cheers for the translation, saves me from having to use my rough knowledge of Swedish. Couple of grammatical errors, but it makes sense.

One of the benefits of being a freelancer is today, I learn Swedish until I can understand this article!

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by rfnslyr » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 2:27 PM UTC

abarakadabara wrote: post #6

What does this have to do with hacking/technology?

The media surrounding the U.S. government spying on its citizens illegally supersedes any intangible enforcement by means of loosely written guidelines by HN.

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by tlrobinson » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 2:48 PM UTC

pvnick wrote: post #7

Russian Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin: "He doesn't look very well fed, a skinny guy. But he has a great haircut"

Indeed: https://twitter.com/KooyJan/status/355693261291151360/photo/...

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by _delirium » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 2:49 PM UTC

paddy_m wrote: post #2

Whistle Blower Edward Snowden has convened a meeting with representatives of several human rights organsiationer. The meeting is expected to take place today at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. - I can confirm that the meeting will take place at 16:00 local time at the airport. We will not increase security at the airport ahead of the meeting, says Roman Genis head of the press office at Sheremetyevo Airport. Already…

> In inbjudningsbreven to Edward Snowden according to the Guardian have written that the United States is leading a campaign against him, trying to block his right to seek and obtain asylum in other countries.

Improved: According to the Guardian, Snowden wrote in his invitation letter to the organizations that the United States is leading a campaign against him, trying to block his right to seek and obtain asylum in other countries.

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by sk00byd00 » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 2:50 PM UTC

quchen wrote: post #4

For the record, local time in Moscow is UTC+4; at the time of writing this comment, that is about 18 o'clock.

Isn't the convention to only use the phrase o'clock when using a 12 hour notation?

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by vyrotek » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 2:54 PM UTC

abarakadabara wrote: post #6

What does this have to do with hacking/technology?

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

"If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by jasonkolb » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 3:00 PM UTC

antocv wrote: post #10

He is a very well trained CIA man - the picture released is him with two woman at his side. Well played. Nice to see.

What do two women have to do with anything? Your comment confused me...

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by tonyarkles » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 3:04 PM UTC

jasonkolb wrote: post #17

antocv wrote: post #10

He is a very well trained CIA man - the picture released is him with two woman at his side. Well played. Nice to see.

What do two women have to do with anything? Your comment confused me...

The whole James-Bond-womanizer spy thing :)

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by mahmud » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 3:07 PM UTC

jasonkolb wrote: post #17

antocv wrote: post #10

He is a very well trained CIA man - the picture released is him with two woman at his side. Well played. Nice to see.

What do two women have to do with anything? Your comment confused me...

"because these women, although professional lawyers and activists on one side of a very important global case, are nevertheless females, and as such assets to be collected and coveted by the bad-boy James Bond Mr Spy-man" .. or some such.

Asinine, but not an unusual way of thinking among some.

Re: Snowden about to step forward, live.

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Post by antocv » Fri, Jul 12, 2013, 3:08 PM UTC

jasonkolb wrote: post #17

antocv wrote: post #10

He is a very well trained CIA man - the picture released is him with two woman at his side. Well played. Nice to see.

What do two women have to do with anything? Your comment confused me...

Imagine if the picture showed Snowden with two bodyguards, Secret Service types with sunglasses, or hackers with green-hair and piercing, or a stereotypical Russian and a Chinese next to him, what image in the popular psyche is more favorable to win him sympathy and show him in a positive light?

Perhaps it was unintentional and Im reading too much into it, but still its better than being shown alone. He has somebody at his side, and usually women seem more careing and concerned. This isnt a piss- or penis-length fight as is usually the case when it comes to debates on power in society.

Or do I just fail at psyops?