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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by rlpb on Thursday October 20, 2022 @06:14PM (#33281508)
It'd be much like trying to recover money stolen by a drug addict though. Instant bankruptcy and proportionally nothing recovered, to the point that it's not even really worth it.
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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by ISL on Thursday October 20, 2022 @06:55PM (#33281898)
A drug addict with a $14T GDP.

With ~7M deaths and a ~$1-10M value of human life [1], that's $7-70T in losses in lives alone, before lost productivity and economic value.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_life#:~:text=In%20Wes....

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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by rlpb on Thursday October 20, 2022 @06:59PM (#33281932)
Only if liability transfers to the state. Even if state-owned, plenty of state-owned enterprises have limited liability.
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Re:Endonuclease fingerprint indicates a synthetic origin of ... by emsign on Friday October 21, 2022 @02:42AM (#33285221)
Even if that state has nukes?
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