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Re:Facebook rewarded a 10-year-old for finding Instagram sec... by jonah on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @06:47PM (#11624864)
A ten year old with $10,000. ;) That's more money than most kids that age have to their name.
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Re:Facebook rewarded a 10-year-old for finding Instagram sec... by eric_h on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @07:52PM (#11625173)
In straight cash USD, that's more money than most people in the world have to their name.

[Edit: straight cash == completely liquid assets]

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Re:Facebook rewarded a 10-year-old for finding Instagram sec... by jonah on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @08:12PM (#11625266)
Agreed. Even most USians.

(I was just playing on the idea of FB getting a kid and saying getting one w/cash was even better!)

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