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Blackmail Fail (2013)

• joeyagreco 2mo ago
  > He replied with another malformed PGP-encrypted message
• IshKebab 2mo ago
  I didn't know who this is but it seems to be some guy who writes about bitcoin and dark web markets and was sort of trying to stay anonymous but put a doxxing bounty on himself (of like $39). He was discovered thusly: > At this link ([]), in the comments, you messed up by having your real name next to the Gwern avatar. I kind of like the weird inline inflation calculator thing but ultimately I think it's more distracting than useful. That's definitely true of the "years ago" thing. Neat idea, but not a good one.
• nl 2mo ago
  > Michael O’Kelly in the Google+ comments pointed out that the scheme was also in conflict with option-value/learning I miss Google+ (and even more Google Buzz that came before it, and FriendFeed before that). It's true that it was mostly a failure, but the fact that 2011 Google engineers were encouraged to participate in public on it meant there was a great seed for lots of really interesting technical discussions. HN (and ML Twitter, and maybe a few sub-Reddits) are the closest substitutes now, but not really the same.