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Re:Jump Trading sues 79-year-old Carl Sagan fan over wormhol... by TomSwirly on Monday May 02, 2022 @08:50AM (#31234472)
That's not how negotiation works - not legally and not practically.

I give you an estimate $10k for some work you want. But confirmed work comes in. Now I can't do your work. Sorry, I withdraw the estimate.

I offer to sell you a website for $X. While you're thinking about it, someone else offers $2X. I take the second offer.

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Re:Jump Trading sues 79-year-old Carl Sagan fan over wormhol... by rosndo on Monday May 02, 2022 @09:31AM (#31234878)
That’s completely different though, none of those scenarios are even vaguely similar to what happened here.

I think the fact that you have to engage in such mental gymnastics to try and make your point is pretty telling.

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