Comment on The sad tale of hype fanning fears modern cryptography was slainparentComments−mock-possum1yI can’t figure it out either.Does “the sad tale of hype fanning” fear that “modern cryptography was slain?”Or is there a “sad tale of hype” that is currently “fanning fears” that “modern cryptography” has been slain?Or is it “the sad tale of hype” itself that was slain?It’s such a textbook example of a poorly-constructed sentence, it’s hard to believe it was written unintentionally.−wjnc1yI reconstruct it as: [Did you know of] the sad tale [where] hype [was] fanning fears [that] modern cryptography was slain [but it wasn’t]
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I can’t figure it out either.
Does “the sad tale of hype fanning” fear that “modern cryptography was slain?”
Or is there a “sad tale of hype” that is currently “fanning fears” that “modern cryptography” has been slain?
Or is it “the sad tale of hype” itself that was slain?
It’s such a textbook example of a poorly-constructed sentence, it’s hard to believe it was written unintentionally.
I reconstruct it as: [Did you know of] the sad tale [where] hype [was] fanning fears [that] modern cryptography was slain [but it wasn’t]