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John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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I mean, he very likely killed his neighbor in 2012... so I feel like "colorful" undermines how much of a monster he's been for over a decade.

And if the ladies stories about his hammock usage is true...

[I stand corrected]

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Probably (by which I refer to the standard of judgement in the civil suit). https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/20/mcafee_25m_lawsuit_ne...

Ok. hand wavey Tasered is not torture, else surely cops wouldn't use it? And he poisoned 4 dogs, people get rather angry about their pets. But yea, killing over it is extreme. Still, seems an odd thing to extradite him for. Maybe more to the story which we will never know.

> Tasered is not torture, else surely cops wouldn't use it?

You know, a cop would taser you once for a few seconds. That poor guy got tasered repeatedly, including his genitalia. How is this not torture?

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Did you miss the "Tesla buys billions of USD in bitcoin" headlines? Along with the "will accept payment in BTC" pump and "never mind, selling" dump?

did they actually dump their bitcoin? If yes I'd agree that it deserves attention but I don't think that's the case. Probably for that reason Elon actually posted in May or whatever that they have not sold their coins. Unless you can show that he actually mislead users for financial gain I don't think you're going to get authorities involved.

I think he's pumping crypto in order to pump Telsa stock price. If Telsa falls out of the S&P500, it will probably descend into a death spiral.

Musk claims that Telsa never sold any of their bitcoins before the price collapsed when he reversed course on BTC, but who the hell really knows at this point?

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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That was 2 years ago though. A lot in a person's life can change in just 2 years.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27609346 He's also indicated much more recently that any "suicide" wouldn't be such.

That's also 9 months ago, "before his death" is a bit misleading.

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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I have hard time believing this, either that he died or his motive. Tax evasion has one of the most lenient punishments of white collar crimes.

He had enough charges lined up (up to 5 years for every count, IIRC) that he would likely be imprisoned for life. Goes without saying but he was also an incredibly paranoid person.

I doubt it. charges tend to run concurrently. If he cooperated and paid what he could, likely he would serve no time.

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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What a strange life he lived. I'm not going to make a value judgement about whether or not he was a 'good' person, but I do applaud the fact that he dared to deviate from the norm. "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die." -- Hunter S Thompson RIP

Taking hard drugs can lead to deviant behavior, so I am not sure if people should be applauded for it.

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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I mean, he very likely killed his neighbor in 2012... so I feel like "colorful" undermines how much of a monster he's been for over a decade.

If you are rich enough you are eccentric and colorful.

Money enables what's already there.

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Probably (by which I refer to the standard of judgement in the civil suit). https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/20/mcafee_25m_lawsuit_ne...

Ok. hand wavey Tasered is not torture, else surely cops wouldn't use it? And he poisoned 4 dogs, people get rather angry about their pets. But yea, killing over it is extreme. Still, seems an odd thing to extradite him for. Maybe more to the story which we will never know.

> Tasered is not torture, else surely cops wouldn't use it?

You see a lot of Taser marks on people's genitals?

Cops have used clubs for years, that doesn't mean you can't torture someone with a club.

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Please don't link to websites that snub Europeans with the infamous

"Our European visitors are important to us.

This site is currently unavailable to visitors from the European Economic Area while we work to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable EU laws."

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