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Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by mannykannot » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 12:58 PM UTC

jaclaz wrote: post #11

Just for the record "Mitch Brenner" is the name of a character in the Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds", and the photo in the profile is of the australain actor that played it, Rod Taylor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Taylor

Do you think there is any significance to this choice of pseudonym (unless the author's name is Mitch Brenner or Rod Taylor?) I cannot think of one, but I don't know the film well.

Under 'Reception and Interpretation', the film's wikipedia entry says

"Humanities scholar Camille Paglia wrote a monograph about the film for the BFI Film Classics series. She interprets it as an ode to the many facets of female sexuality and, by extension, nature itself. She notes that women play pivotal roles in it. Mitch is defined by his relationships with his mother, sister, and ex-lover – a careful balance which is disrupted by his attraction to the beautiful Melanie."

which isn't leading me anywhere (other than to think this analysis tells more about Ms. Paglia's interests than the movie.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film)#Reception_and...

Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by JetSetWilly » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 12:59 PM UTC

spuz wrote: post #16

I think the key to understanding this article is this: > But Mitch, isn’t this wrong? No. Let's suppose the hacker really did feel no remorse for stealing 153k Ether then it seems they might not feel it necessary to keep their identity hidden. They might also feel proud enough that they feel it is worth the risk to publicly disclose their actions. Given that, it seems that perhaps some of what the author wrote might…

Presumably whoever did it is a clever person. If I were in that position, I think it would be a fairly obvious step to season the article with subtle misdirections that send people on a wild goose chase. In fact it would be quite fun to do. So I wouldn't take the "information" in the article at face value at all.

Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by userpass » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:02 PM UTC

imustbeevil wrote: post #12

chirau wrote: post #7

Out of curiosity...is this a man or a woman? EDIT: What's with the oversensitivity here? Is there anything wrong in asking a person's sex? What if it's for studying inclination towards certain decision making criteria? Geez folks, not every question is sinister. If you don't want to answer it, just move on. No one is being attacked here.

> What if it's for studying inclination towards certain decision making criteria? A study based on one person doesn't sound very interesting. Did you click the link at all? The author has a name and a picture.

The author starts with a short dating story that strongly talks about the guy "Mitch" was dating was a creep. I may be biased but I think a gay man calling the other man a creep is very unusal versus a woman calling a man a creep.

I don't even know what the word "creep" is supposed to mean and why it's a commonly used word by women.

Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by module0000 » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:07 PM UTC

This isn't a real story, it's sensationalized fiction loosely based on reality. I wish they would put it in huge letters at the top of the story so you know that going in.

Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by celdon25 » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:08 PM UTC

albertgoeswoof wrote: post #14

chirau wrote: post #7

Out of curiosity...is this a man or a woman? EDIT: What's with the oversensitivity here? Is there anything wrong in asking a person's sex? What if it's for studying inclination towards certain decision making criteria? Geez folks, not every question is sinister. If you don't want to answer it, just move on. No one is being attacked here.

> EDIT: What's with the oversensitivity here? It's not oversenstivity, there's literally no reason to care about the sex of the person who wrote this. It's completely offtopic and irrelevant. What does "studying inclination towards certain decision making criteria" mean anyway? Reading between the lines it sounds like you think women behave one way and men the other way (which is fine if you think that btw), but want…

Note that the question was phrased as "Out of curiosity...". This is essentially a disclaimer that it is an off-topic and irrelevant question. From the way I see it, your comment is even less reasonable in this context.

Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by albertgoeswoof » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:13 PM UTC

celdon25 wrote: post #25

albertgoeswoof wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> EDIT: What's with the oversensitivity here? It's not oversenstivity, there's literally no reason to care about the sex of the person who wrote this. It's completely offtopic and irrelevant. What does "studying inclination towards certain decision making criteria" mean anyway? Reading between the lines it sounds like you think women behave one way and men the other way (which is fine if you think that btw), but want…

Note that the question was phrased as "Out of curiosity...". This is essentially a disclaimer that it is an off-topic and irrelevant question. From the way I see it, your comment is even less reasonable in this context.

You mean like if I used the same disclaimer and asked you this:

"Out of curiousity, are you male?"

Can you not see what that implies?

Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by jsjohnst » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:16 PM UTC

spuz wrote: post #16

I think the key to understanding this article is this: > But Mitch, isn’t this wrong? No. Let's suppose the hacker really did feel no remorse for stealing 153k Ether then it seems they might not feel it necessary to keep their identity hidden. They might also feel proud enough that they feel it is worth the risk to publicly disclose their actions. Given that, it seems that perhaps some of what the author wrote might…

In the article he mentions he "is not a rich guy."

Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by jsjohnst » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:22 PM UTC

chirau wrote: post #7

Out of curiosity...is this a man or a woman? EDIT: What's with the oversensitivity here? Is there anything wrong in asking a person's sex? What if it's for studying inclination towards certain decision making criteria? Geez folks, not every question is sinister. If you don't want to answer it, just move on. No one is being attacked here.

> Now, I’m not a rich guy, so 253 ETH is a nice amount of money, which is about half a year salary

This seems to imply the author is male.

Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by mannykannot » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:26 PM UTC

module0000 wrote: post #24

This isn't a real story, it's sensationalized fiction loosely based on reality. I wish they would put it in huge letters at the top of the story so you know that going in.

Then I would like a spoiler alert before that statement.

Re: How I snatched 153k Ether after a bad Tinder date

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Post by mannykannot » Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 1:30 PM UTC

TheLilHipster wrote: post #5

insomniacity wrote: post #3

So, is this an admission? Or a theoretical? Or only part of the story? Is the writer using a pseudonym?

I have a hunch that this is a parody of the DAO token theft. Don't have the technical knowledge, nor do I care to put in the hours to figure it all out.

It certainly seems to have elements of parody, though if it were about the DAO specifically, I would think he might have said something about hard forks.