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

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

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Post by res0nat0r »

gkoberger wrote: post #32

I feel like a lot of people in this thread are forgetting he likely killed his neighbor in 2012 and has been on the run since. I mean, sure he built some antivirus software a few decades ago, but I don't think he deserves the eulogies he's getting here. He's not tech's Hunter S. Thompson; he's a murderer who spent the last years of his life screwing over people with crypto scams.

Folks want to make him out as a nerd/tech hero and pretend all of the downward spiral stuff that he did never happened just to keep their conscience clean.

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Post by dwarfsandstuff »

bena wrote: post #260
quenix wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You run a VM just to inspect "sketchy-looking links"? That sounds like paranoid behavior, if I'm being honest.

A healthy paranoia if you grew up with the internet. When a link can compromise an entire machine, having a machine you can literally throw away with no consequence is nice. Hell, I'd wager to say that containers wouldn't be a thing if it weren't for this kind of behavior. Looking for ways to build up and destroy VMs even faster.

You need a faster computer, man!

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Post by FullyFunctional »

cwkoss wrote: post #279
oh_sigh wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, John killed his own dogs after he believed they were poisoned by his neighbor. Were they really poisoned, or was that just one of his psychotic delusions(like his claim that Belizean officials were out to kill him but killed Faull by mistake)? We'll never know. But we do know that his dogs were allowed to run free in a giant pack and attacked at least 6 people (probably more, but they may be locals and not…

He claimed that he gifted laptops to the Belizean government pre-loaded with spyware and alleged to have found evidence that multiple top officials were engaged in drug and human trafficking. If true, would certainly be a motive for those officials.

This is how conspiracies are created. There's no evidence and strong motive for him to create this conspiracy.

I'm a big fan of Occam's razor and in this case the simplest explanation, in light of _evidence_ of which there was plenty in the documentary, is that he was not truthful.

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Post by skidnews »

belltaco wrote: post #217
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

Taking hard drugs can lead to deviant behavior, so I am not sure if people should be applauded for it.

Taking "hard" drugs like Adderall and LSD can also lead to increased productivity according to a lot of silicon valley douchebags.

Looks around suspiciously

Oh god, you don't think the deviants could be in this thread do you?

At least MacAfee took that shit to have fun, as God intended.

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Post by breakfastduck »

jmkni wrote: post #290
babypuncher wrote: post #244

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I don't think Assange is a fair comparison.

He has influenced the world in much more significant ways.

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Post by prvc »

Tenoke wrote: post #272
prvc wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're saying "likely" as a hedge, when in fact you are instead merely expressing an opinion, without any knowledge of the actual numerical likelihood of such an event having happened.

What numerical value? He either did it or didn't. Likely is an expression on the subjective probability based on the information they have.

What is the value of the poster's feelings about this, when we can rely on actual information instead? Appending "likely" to the statement is just a way to dress up a baseless opinion in the garb of objectivity.

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Post by Taek »

xadhominemx wrote: post #275
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

He’s a murderer and fraudster. You do not in fact have to applaud him for anything.

You can celebrate someone's accomplishments without condoning their sins. I applaud lots of little pieces of his life and reject/regret many others.

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Post by diogenesjunior »

Buttons840 wrote: post #297
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…

When you say he was "sloshed" do you mean he was drunk? Or do you mean he was very pleased with your praise?

bruh: https://i.imgur.com/4Jw7EyE.png
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