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

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Post by isoprophlex » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:26 AM UTC

KVFinn wrote: post #502

Was just reading about McAfee freebasing bath salts from old posts on an old Joe Rogan forum and not paying taxes seems like the absolute least he was up to: >I've processed 23 kilos of this stuff in the past year or so, and bump it myself every day - in fair quantities the hypersexuality... is beyond belief. I have had a number of acquaintances (both male and female) who have rubbed their genitals way past the point…

> I have photos of the boss fucking dogs in my safe at home. I think my job is secure.

That link you posted is WILD. Holy shit if half of everything there is true, that's still super fucked up

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

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Post by reedjosh » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:29 AM UTC

XorNot wrote: post #675

gpt5 wrote: post #504

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Selective enforcement is bad. The fact that the law says that you could go to prison for one year for not filing taxes on time, but that it's rarely enforced means that they should fix the law. Using it only on "bad guys" is a recipe for the government punishing people that disagrees with them.

Or you know...you could pay your taxes and stop stealing from the rest of us.

I never gave consent. Just because I was born here I have to give my earnings to a system governed by representatives chosen through a binary (red or blue) funnel?

How can topics as complex as transgender rights, or abortion be all boiled into a single digit of information.

And then I'm stealing if I don't consent to a system I by all statistical means have no control over!?

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

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Post by throw123123123 » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:31 AM UTC

jonathankoren wrote: post #681

vmception wrote: post #544

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Thats not interesting when its 9 months in advance Maybe a few weeks People arent just able to make a perpetual conspiracy indefinitely in the future, or you dont have to entertain people trying to do that I wont here He has increasingly depressing messages in an increasingly dimmed outlook and an increasing time in prison

His instagram posted a giant Q after his death. Call me cynical, but this feels like posthumous trolling.

He deadman switched this? on-brand!

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

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:32 AM UTC

smoldesu wrote: post #449

antris wrote: post #411

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> did something more with his life than just take a lot of drugs and be weird. Not everything about a person is their public image though. Summing up a persons life like that, even if you disagree with his public image, is just inhumane. Did you know him? Did you ever even see him once?

> Did you know him? Did you ever even see him once? We're going to need to rewrite an awful lot of history if our standards for judging people are "knowing them and seeing them even once"

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

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Post by afterburner » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:33 AM UTC

XorNot wrote: post #670

H8crilA wrote: post #652

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What compound(s) is(are) those?

I suspect none that actually exist or have that effect.

Honestly, it amazes me how frequently people forget that people can lie.

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

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Post by throw123123123 » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:33 AM UTC

hajile wrote: post #793

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #772

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I believe selective enforcement is a core part of policing in the US. No police agency has enough resources to go after everybody who breaks the law, so they make examples of high profile defendants to deter others.

One of two things is true. Either they believe everyone should be doing 30 years (preposterous) or they know they are committing a grave injustice against someone. There is no reasonable interpretation of selective enforcement.

Thats not how the law works. It's not code, its run by people for people.

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

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Post by quickthrower2 » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:35 AM UTC

beezle wrote: post #728

deterministic wrote: post #724

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Realise that people can be super nice to you and cruel/evil to somebody else. The serial killer living next door might be a great neighbour. That doesn’t change the facts of what he/she is.

Watch 'The Fall' mini-series for a good example

The hidden monster seeming like an ordinary and somewhat charming person is a common plot.

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

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Post by quickthrower2 » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:39 AM UTC

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?

It means he'd had a skinful.

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Post by balls187 » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:41 AM UTC

oauea wrote: post #701

balls187 wrote: post #501

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I created an HN poll asking the community their thoughts.

And sadly it has been deleted..

I don't know if it was deleted, as I can still see it, but it was flagged.

Based on the votes , there should not be a black bar (which is probably why there isn't).

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

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Post by Natsu » Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 5:42 AM UTC

isoprophlex wrote: post #801

KVFinn wrote: post #502

Was just reading about McAfee freebasing bath salts from old posts on an old Joe Rogan forum and not paying taxes seems like the absolute least he was up to: >I've processed 23 kilos of this stuff in the past year or so, and bump it myself every day - in fair quantities the hypersexuality... is beyond belief. I have had a number of acquaintances (both male and female) who have rubbed their genitals way past the point…

> I have photos of the boss fucking dogs in my safe at home. I think my job is secure. That link you posted is WILD. Holy shit if half of everything there is true, that's still super fucked up

Doesn't that quote seem odd to anyone else? I wouldn't think he had a "boss" any more being a multi-millionaire. He was certainly an odd fellow, but I wonder how much we know about the provenance of these random forum threads.