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Re:The math prodigy whose hack upended DeFi won’t return funds by zecken on Monday May 23, 2022 @01:31PM (#31482102)
I feel like the fact this person, per the article, is a white supremacist who used the n-word in his code repeatedly is under-discussed here. Folks here jumping through hoops to rationalize why what he did is actually demonstrative of either flaws in crypto or the purity of arbitrage come off seeming very tone deaf.
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Re:The math prodigy whose hack upended DeFi won’t return funds by Handytinge on Sunday June 05, 2022 @09:55AM (#31631031)
Someone can be a white supremecist and you can be impressed with their (non bigotry) actions.

People aren't that black and white (sorry).

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Re:The math prodigy whose hack upended DeFi won’t return funds by antiterra on Monday May 23, 2022 @02:48PM (#31483381)
What exactly are you proposing here? That we have a different set of financial and legal rules for despicable people? Or that the financial and legal rules everyone is subject to should be based on how they impact a specific despicable person?

If a despicable bigot is facing the death penalty for stealing a bag of chips, would it be ‘tone deaf’ to say that’s an unfair punishment?

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