HackerTrans
TopNewTrendsCommentsPastAskShowJobs

tobyp-

no profile record

comments

tobyp-
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Considering what the account was up to I sincerely doubt it was being used without Tor or a VPN.
tobyp-
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
Despite the British English elsewhere, "could care less" is a particularly American error. I think that's noteworthy.
tobyp-
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
He's also fairly inconsistent. He occasionally uses -ize endings, e.g. "realize". He also uses some language that is more prevalent in North American English, e.g. "sucks", "gotten", "chump change" and others.

Someone attempting to use British English to obscure their identity would know to use words like "maths" and "flat", as he did; not as many people however are aware that British English doesn't (typically) feature the word "gotten", which he used on multiple occasions. To me, this lends to the theory the BrE was a misdirection.

(As an aside, he's inconsistent in some other things, like "e-mail" versus "email", "TOR" versus "Tor", and "double click" versus "doubleclick".)