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Re:Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” proj... by jacobriis on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:26AM (#30297384)
If your strategy makes as much sense as your writing, you're definitely going to prison.
Re:Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” proj... by byecancer21 on Friday February 11, 2022 @02:27AM (#30298170)
Had ended up in hospital with a potentially lethal complication in connection. It won't be me going to prison.

None of the stuff published so far is writing targeted at the general public, it is directed at people involved who are aware of the details.

Re:Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” proj... by rolandog on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:18AM (#30298599)
What is the illegal part?
Re:Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” proj... by mellavora on Friday February 11, 2022 @05:23AM (#30299647)
what does "illegal" have to do with "going to prison" when fighting top players in a known corrupt system?

prison might be the nice outcome.

Note I'm making a lot of assumptions here on the validity/veracity of the story.

Re:Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” proj... by byecancer21 on Friday February 11, 2022 @05:36AM (#30299752)
I did consider this and protected myself by letting the judges know in a side letter about some background.

Obviously would not have pursued this matter if I wasn't a fairly well-connected person and Covid-19 restrictions made available the time to do so.

The veracity of the case can be trivially verified as I filed nearly everything electronically thus have receipts with digital signatures. A singular court decision was also served digitally because an enraged judge wanted it served instantly right after an ex-parte phone call didn't go the way he had thought.

Re:Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” proj... by c0balt on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:46AM (#30298871)
Will be created^Wfound later on /s
Re:Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” proj... by rolandog on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:58AM (#30298995)
Ahh, sorry. Hadn't had enough coffee to spot the sarcasm. Indeed, dangerous games to play against people without scruples.

I, too, have wanted to undertake projects that would fight against corruption, but I guess I shouldn't have any attachment to my family or friends if I were to go ahead.

Re:Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” proj... by tsol on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:39PM (#30304371)
Weird to assume that when we don't even know which country it is. I don't find blanket cynicism in favor of apathy to be useful.