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

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Post by duxup »

neom wrote: post #66

I met John in an Atlanta airport lounge years ago[1]. I recognized him immediately as I've always admired him, and I decided to go up to him and tell him as much. He invited me to sit down, and told him about when I was a teenager in the 90s learning about tech entrepreneurs at the time, I always thought he was pretty cool and had good ideas. I told him I respected him, and that I was sure he'd lived an incredible li…

It's unfortunate that a lot of things we like about people, doesn't really go hand in hand for making good choices otherwise.

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Post by suifbwish »

tromp wrote: post #220

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."

I don’t blame any website for protecting themselves against the moronic laws of other nations. It’s not ok for a government to presume it’s right to fine companies in another sovereign nation just because the company servers maintain data about who used their services when it was the voluntary action of the individuals using the services that caused the collection of data. That’s like going into someone’s shop and then trying to sue them because their security cameras filmed you.

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Post by syncsynchalt »

prvc wrote: post #136
joshmn wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMDB[0] for those wondering. [0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6071534/

The existence itself of that movie demonstrates that many parties had it in for him.

Much as the existence of The History Channel demonstrates a smear campaign against the third reich, I suppose.

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Post by MaxBarraclough »

tromp wrote: post #220

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."

If you see the GDPR block page (as I did), here's the Outline.com version: https://outline.com/Sc93ds

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Post by boomboomsubban »

cogman10 wrote: post #126
celticninja wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because whatever he says in a trial becomes public record and widely reported on.

Did you ever get the impression from him that he was "holding back"?

To my knowledge he never posted something like "I really did kill that guy." He may have still had secrets even though his online life was so loud.

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Post by gregschlom »

notyourwork wrote: post #134
sva_ wrote: post #23

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

That Thompson quote really resonates with me, thanks for sharing.

Read the whole book, then if you haven't already (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). Truly excellent.

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Post by jonahss »

cwkoss wrote: post #263
api wrote: post #225

He clearly lost his mind at some point. Late John McAfee != early John McAfee. Heavy drug abuse and alcoholism looks to have played a role. Giving tons of money to a chronic addict (like he got when he cashed out of his company) can be a death sentence.

I don't think he lost his mind, but rather decided that it was more fun to seek attention than credibility.

watch his self-filmed youtube channel and you may change your mind

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Post by jmkni »

babypuncher wrote: post #244
colordrops wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was he convincted of murder, or are you acting as the judge and jury based on third hand media reports?

People aren't automatically innocent in the eyes of the public just because they successfully avoid seeing a trial for nearly a decade by fleeing the country they are wanted in. McAfee's behavior surrounding the charges does absolutely nothing to help his perception. "Innocent until proven guilty" is really only applicable in the context of formal judicial punishment. Absent formal judicial proceedings, it is complet…

> People aren't automatically innocent in the eyes of the public just because they successfully avoid seeing a trial for nearly a decade by fleeing the country they are wanted in

It's weird how many on HN have this attitude to McAfee, but not to Assange.

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