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>Like the Silk Road guy, "how could he possibly ask on stack overflow using his real name". I always had the impression that Ross suffered from the fatal flaw
by greggarious 8y ago
>Like the Silk Road guy, "how could he possibly ask on stack overflow using his real name".
I always had the impression that Ross suffered from the fatal flaw that he didn't think what he was doing was wrong. He was an evangelical libertarian, and I think he didn't see "not getting caught" as the #1 priority the way a profit oriented criminal would.
- maxerickson 8y agoIsn't not getting caught sort of part and parcel of silk road style evangelism?
- TACIXAT 8y agoI think the biggest thing is you don't realize how big something will get. You talk about an idea you're working on in IRC or ask a question on stack overflow while you're toying with the idea, then clean up later when it (surprisingly) takes off.
- kolpa 8y agoIf that was the flaw, then why did he try so hard to remain anonymous?
- greggarious 8y agoDoes posting under your real name about drugs and bitcoins constitute "trying hard?" :)