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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.