Re:Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images
by smt88 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:11AM
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You got me. It wasn't a 100% faithful translation.
I removed "engineer" because it's not necessary to the broader premise that more highly skilled people tend to be both more trusted in our society and more likely to know how to get away with a crime.
I didn't translate "banal, lascivious panopticon" because it was it's one of those faux-profound images that adds very little.
It's hardly revelatory to tell HN readers that people are troublingly comfortable with constant tracking by corporations and governments.
Re:Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @11:33AM
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> because it was it's one of those faux-profound images that adds very little
That's a very strange interpretation to me. It doesn't look at all profound or faux-profound to me, it's just imagery.
The word "engineer" is critical to the first sentence, and your version has no translation of "banal, lascivious panopticon".
The roundabout structure of the sentences is much more relevant than the use of a big word or two.