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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 22:36:22 JST Aral Balkan

   At the kind of mainstream conference where you overhear folks casually uttering phrases like “he didn’t really do anything too horrible” about Sam Bankman-Fried and I’m so glad to not in any way be part of this swamp.

   #SiliconValley

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 22:41:08 JST Aral Balkan

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     • moondog548

     @moondog548 Yeah, mind you, the only folks we prosecute are the ones who steal from the rich. Stealing from the poor is called “the business model.”

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     moondog548 (moondog548@nerdculture.de)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2023 22:41:10 JST moondog548

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     @aral
     On the one hand, stealing from the rich should be a misdemeanor... but on the other hand, there's always fallout from these crooks that makes things worse for *everyone*. 🤬