73 pointsby elsewhen7 hours ago3 comments
  • gnabgib7 hours ago
    Source - WP (56 points, 5 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47327367

    > If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter.

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

  • adamzwasserman5 hours ago
    according to the WaPo, this guy was such a L33T hacker that 'he needed help transferring data from a thumb drive “to his personal computer"'.

    Ooookay

    • throw1010105 hours ago
      What did you expect from people going around and thinking "big balls" is a cool and impressive nickname.

      The problem is that as idiotic as the people of DOGE were, the questionable motives for their actions are the only thing that's left following the monumental failure DOGE has been in terms of meeting their announced goals.

      There is literally no fraud/abuse that has been discovered let alone prosecuted and they redefined "waste" to "programs I don't like" to save few hundred millions, maybe a billion... from and original target between 1 and 2 TRILLIONS (according to Musk).

      I unfortunately don't think we can (nor should) apply Hanlon's razor, they will abuse the collected data one way or another.

    • its-kostya5 hours ago
      "kids" these days don't know what a file is. Seriously, ask anyone you know that is a college professor (in the states).
      • bediger40002 hours ago
        Wait, is a "file' a folder or an app?
  • hammock4 hours ago
    The submitted title is editorialized. The article headline goes “…, report says”

    There is a whistleblower report that says one thing and the SSA official that says another thing.

    Regardless of which you believe, the HN title is questionable.

    • SpicyLemonZest2 hours ago
      It's beyond credulous to give the benefit of the doubt to a spokesperson who responds to questions about a whistleblower report by complaining that the reporter is “desperate for clicks and eager to publish fake news to scare seniors." They're obviously lying, trustworthy sources do not talk this way.