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What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by JKCalhoun »

breadwinner wrote: post #44

He was carrying all of the evidence with him, including the fake ID he used at the hostel, the gun & suppressor, mask, and even a handwritten manifesto that points to his motivation. It seems he wanted to be found.

If that's the case, you make a call to a reporter — and then walk into a police station to surrender to authorities.

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Post by lawlessone »

lesuorac wrote: post #121

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I don't think that was the protagonist.

[Spoiler below if anyone hasn't seen it]

There was guy setup in a room who was pretending to be a pedo so that the protagonist would kill him and his family would get paid by the antagonist.

The protagonist chooses not to kill him which also proves that it wasn't certain anyone else convicted by their psychic tech would have killed.

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Post by plasma_beam »

roncesvalles wrote: post #83
JSDevOps wrote: post #80

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Since when did making small talk become "flirting"?

I agree. The media seemed to have jumped on the flirting angle because he was smiling. Isn’t that a little insulting to the hostel employee? I smiled at my barber today. Definitely wasn’t flirting.

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Post by s1artibartfast »

astrange wrote: post #90
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…

More importantly, engineers are for some reason especially likely to be terrorists. https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29836/1/Why_are_there_so_many_Engi... I think it's related to old physicist brain where you decide you know everything about everyone else's field. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-03-21

Osama bin Laden had a degree in civil engineering. I wonder how mathematicians rank against engineers

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Post by motohagiography »

xyzzy4747 wrote: post #105
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

Deadman’s switch crypto token launch?

There was one after McAffee died as well. I think there is a group who just does this. Costs nothing and if their shitcoin launches, they exit scam as quickly as they appeared. Probably the same people. There are people who fake recent obituaries to drive advertising traffic and rob peoples houses when they are at funerals. There are also people who withold lifesaving care and deny legitimate claims using bullying tactics. It's a dark world.

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Post by whycome »

PleasureBot wrote: post #116
JSDevOps wrote: post #80

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Putting on my tinfoil hat for this: It sounds like parallel construction to me. I wonder if the FBI doesn't want it to get out what kind of technology the US government can use to track citizens in real time. Something like 24/7 facial recognition running in major chains like McDonalds. The police showing up for a random tip in the boonies in PA fast enough to actually catch the guy at McDonalds and he just happens t…

It also seems like there might have been some "regular police work" going on at the beginning but when that didn't work fast enough, some bigger tools were called in.
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