Re:Zuckerberg's Hawaii estate: battle's latest turn 'devasta...
by close04 on Saturday June 08, 2019 @05:17AM
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Yeah, I was surprised to find out that anyone submitting a legitimate bid at least %5 higher than the winning bid basically overrides the result of the already closed auction [0] . Which makes me wonder what's the purpose of an auction if you can revisit it after the fact.
On another note:
> Ownership of the kuleana has sparked a years-long legal dispute involving hundreds of parties that has made international headlines and prompted a public apology from the Facebook CEO, who promised to drop his pursuit of the land in a 2017 letter published in The Garden Island. [0]
What’s one more broken promise when your privacy is at stake? My ability to take this guy's side morally is a purely theoretical concept at this point.
On another note:
> Ownership of the kuleana has sparked a years-long legal dispute involving hundreds of parties that has made international headlines and prompted a public apology from the Facebook CEO, who promised to drop his pursuit of the land in a 2017 letter published in The Garden Island. [0]
What’s one more broken promise when your privacy is at stake? My ability to take this guy's side morally is a purely theoretical concept at this point.
[0] https://www.thegardenisland.com/2019/06/05/hawaii-news/andra...