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Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by readthenotes1 » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 10:54 PM UTC

Bjorkbat wrote: post #66

I'm weirdly not too surprised due to this belief I have that software developers would make effective criminals. A lot of this boils down to a belief I have that not getting caught in the first place is easy. Murders have something like a 50% solve rate and you can decrease your chances of getting caught with a little knowledge on how to evade common forensic techniques along with some planning. Those who get caught…

"due to this belief I have that software developers would make effective criminals. A lot of this boils down to a belief I have that not getting caught in the first place is easy."

Ummm.... You understand that the software developer was just caught by a McDonald's cashier?

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by cariaso » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 10:56 PM UTC

JSDevOps wrote: post #80

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Nit

https://github.com/lnmangione

...."Active" GitHub?

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by wslh » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 10:57 PM UTC

JSDevOps wrote: post #80

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The Unabomber case was more complex to track [1]. I'm not suggesting it was because he had a higher IQ, as someone with an average IQ could have executed similar actions successfully.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by spicyusername » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 10:58 PM UTC

It's hard not to see this person as being the fall guy.

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by danso » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 10:58 PM UTC

JSDevOps wrote: post #80

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He took his mask off at the hostel, the kind of place that often requires its employees to verify that a photo ID matches the holder’s face. “Let me see you smile” is a common thing that service employees learn to say to get strangers to take off their masks without angering them

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by cj » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 10:58 PM UTC

blast wrote: post #84

JSDevOps wrote: post #80

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Some criminals want to get caught.

Or push their luck to the limit because they think they’re invincible. To be fair I was losing confidence they’d ever find him until today.

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by delecti » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 10:59 PM UTC

breadwinner wrote: post #79

Miner49er wrote: post #65

Might be fake, but looks like he may have had a dead man's switch upload a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/bdhs9g3Wwg0

It ends with "All is scheduled, be patient". Presumably it means more videos are coming, explaining his motivation.

At 1:20, a small bit of text pops up in the lower right, just right of the "Soon..." which says "Dec 11th".

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by astrange » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 11:00 PM UTC

BadHumans wrote: post #27

The funniest thing about the whole thing to me is that we have had privacy taken away or even voluntarily given it up to the police state in the name of security and then this guy randomly walks up and offs a member of the 1% and the only reason he got caught was because the feds got lucky.

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Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by joekrill » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 11:01 PM UTC

Miner49er wrote: post #65

Might be fake, but looks like he may have had a dead man's switch upload a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/bdhs9g3Wwg0

It flashes "Dec 11th" at the 1:20 mark. I thought for sure this must be a prank, but the account says "Joined Jan 20, 2024". It seems it's possible to change your YouTube username, though. Could it be that it was a different account and someone just changed the username as a troll?

Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by Miner49er » Mon, Dec 09, 2024, 11:02 PM UTC

joekrill wrote: post #99

Miner49er wrote: post #65

Might be fake, but looks like he may have had a dead man's switch upload a YouTube video: https://youtu.be/bdhs9g3Wwg0

It flashes "Dec 11th" at the 1:20 mark. I thought for sure this must be a prank, but the account says "Joined Jan 20, 2024". It seems it's possible to change your YouTube username, though. Could it be that it was a different account and someone just changed the username as a troll?

A 2nd video is premiering in like 40ish minutes, might be fake.