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Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself

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Re: Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself

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SBF has used at least one cpu attached to a network on the critical path of his actions. Will this be enough to cause people to be stupid enough to let his powerful and connected family and friends get him off light? People in positions of power seem to get awfully stupid when there's a cpu attached to the network on the critical path. Madoff, no cpu on the network on the critical path. All understandable and could h…

? this makes no sense?

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself

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I’m not dain, but your choice of language is confusing. You are attempting to communicate on the internet and you are not being easily understood. It’s your choice if you’d like more people to understand you or not.

"I don't understand this, are you saying x..?" vs "what" Spot the difference in terms of being confusing. But he does understand now without assistance so we're all good, right?

would you mind explaining? i still don't get it

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i had to re-read what you were saying about 5 times before i understood your point, i honestly thought you were some kind of schizophrenic with the way you phrased it and kept repeating the same awkward term -- edit: I'm rate-limited so I can't respond to your other reply. I'm saying that your comment looks like something a crazy person would write and I had a hard time parsing it. this is like a garden-path sentence…

Sorry, what is your point? What are you trying to contribute?

> SBF has used at least one cpu attached to a network on the critical path of his actions.

I've read that sentence of yours at least 5 times now and it still makes no sense to me. Would you care to elucidate?

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His father is a lawyer so I’m confused about his behaviour. Does he think this will help him somehow, to appear like he’s terribly sorry about what happened ? Surely his behaviour is criminal?

His parents are law professors specializing in philosophy, economics, and business. He would have done better with a street smart criminal lawyer.

Does Saul Goodman deal with crypto these days?

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I’ve edited to clarify. I actually posted before I read the article (typical!).

>I actually posted before I read the article (typical!) I'm not sure whether you're saying "I did something bad, repeatedly, but it's ok because I'm admitting it" (while arguing someone else who did something bad shouldn't be let off the hook for admitting they did something bad), or whether instead you're taking pride in routinely acting in a way that subtracts value from the community (while arguing someone else wh…

That's an interesting perspective and I certainly agree with it.

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself

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A programmer who helped create Tornado Cash rots in a Dutch jail cell (not charged, might I add) while SBF, Do Kwan, Elizabeth Holmes, and Trevor Milton still remain free. SBF is actually in a $30 million penthouse playing League of Legends. Clown world

On the bright side, Holmes and Milton have been convicted and will be sentenced…Holmes’ sentencing is barely two days away.

AFAIK, Milton managed to cash out a lot of money, and even with a conviction, he will have a very comfortable "economic" life irrespective of what he will do next.

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself

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It this real? Is he really THAT stupid? His defense against "you took user deposits and gambled the money" is "No, I took user deposits, loaned them to myself and then gambled the money". I mean this is like nested layers of stupidity. You'd be stupid to do this, you'd be stupid to think it's not a major crime, you'd be stupid to think that this was in any way acts as a defense of your crime and you'd be stupid to ac…

Think about that next time somebody says: "Trust me, I am smart, I have a Physics degree from MIT..."

Re: Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself

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It this real? Is he really THAT stupid? His defense against "you took user deposits and gambled the money" is "No, I took user deposits, loaned them to myself and then gambled the money". I mean this is like nested layers of stupidity. You'd be stupid to do this, you'd be stupid to think it's not a major crime, you'd be stupid to think that this was in any way acts as a defense of your crime and you'd be stupid to ac…

This text resonates with me a bit: > like, "oh FTX doesn't have a bank account, I guess people can wire to Alameda's to get money on FTX" > ..3 years later.. > 'oh fuck it looks like people wired $8b to Alameda and oh god we basically forgot about the stub account that corresponded to that and so it was never delivered to FTX' I'm not trying to defend his actions him and I think he should be prosecuted to the fullest…

Funny how these honest mistakes always tend to happen in a way that benefits the ones making them.
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