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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Apr-2026 23:47:38 JST Rich Felker

   It's wild to me the degree to which the average person still does not understand that basically the entire economy, all major lines of business, operate mostly or entirely on fraud.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Apr-2026 23:52:38 JST Rich Felker

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     To someone who doesn't understand this, I guess it might seem natural to take even somewhat extraordinary claims of a new technology doing something at face value, especially when you see other people around you taking it at face value.

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     DB (lawyersgunsnmoney@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 00:18:53 JST DB

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     @dalias Unfortunately, what you say in this thread is absolutely true based on my experience in the commercial world

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 00:23:14 JST Rich Felker

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     @kmck @lawyersgunsnmoney That was kinda contained in "major lines of business". The unsuccessful ones aren't "major".

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     Kool Mo Di (kmck@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 00:23:15 JST Kool Mo Di

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     @lawyersgunsnmoney @dalias Just the successful parts