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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by u678u on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:48AM (#25791547)
DR Congo is one of the poorest countries in the world. GDP/cap is $457 a year. If he does get a few thousand that is more than one worker earns in 10 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...
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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by avh02 on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:59AM (#25791665)
Understandable stance, but the damage he was capable of causing was probably millions of dollars worth. So yeah, a few thousand bucks as a thank you is reasonable.
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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by lostlogin on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:42PM (#25793601)
> the damage he was capable of causing was probably millions of dollars

That applies to most of us.

It also doesn’t change the fact that there is very little money available in the DRC.

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Re:How I hijacked the top-level domain of a sovereign state by xwdv on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:04PM (#25793124)
What on earth does that have to do with anything here? I probably make more as a software developer than some Americans make in 10 years.
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