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by csears 3y ago
I see your point. That is certainly a possibility. Although it would be highly inconvenient to be arrested or get in trouble with the feds, it would make for an interesting story at parties. That's always been something I've strug
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by csears 3y ago
Would you want to bet $5?
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by csears 3y ago
I guess we'll find out :)
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by csears 3y ago
I do see your points and appreciate the reasoning. I definitely will not move forward with anything before getting good legal advice from an actual lawyer. One of my main reasons for wanting to meet with the cartels is just to make my inten
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by csears 3y ago
That's a really good point. Maybe I could start with they less murder-y cartels to establish some credibility, and then work my way up to the more murder-y ones.
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by csears 3y ago
I'm very aware of just how horrifically violent cartels can be. I'm not ignoring that or condoning their behavior. Historically, there have been many instances of powerful groups of people willing to commit atrocities to stay in p
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by csears 3y ago
I appreciate your comment, but it feels a bit cynical to be more afraid of federal agents than drug cartels. Then again, I don't have much experience with either, so maybe I'm being naive. That was partially why I was asking how t
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by csears 3y ago
Good advice. I know there have been situations where federal agencies have turned out to be "the bad guys", but I guess I'm optimistic that they are generally smart, well intentioned, and interested in some of the same outcom
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by csears 3y ago
No, but I do like his work.
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by csears 3y ago
Nope, not a joke. Currently more of a thought experiment that could turn into a startup if it really seems viable. I'm in the US and I would actually be very interested in chatting with the DEA about my idea. If it turns out there is n
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by csears 3y ago
Yes, my main concern is the cartels themselves. The most likely outcome is that none of them would ever agree to meet me. There is a very small chance that one or two would meet me, love the idea, and agree to cooperate. There's also a
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by csears 3y ago
It's obviously a super complicated and morally fraught issue, but if I could enable a future with fewer fentanyl deaths and less border violence, that seems like it would be good progress. The current war on drugs does not seem to be m
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by csears 3y ago
I have read a few things about cartel org structures, but most of my knowledge is based on The Wire and Breaking Bad, and obviously those probably aren't too close to reality. The El Chapo transcripts are a great suggestion. Much appre
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by csears 3y ago
Very true. I imagine they have their own version of the Innovator's Dilemma. I will say that my idea is not a new drug.
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by csears 3y ago
You make several good points. One option I had considered was somehow working my way up the chain, but hadn't thought about local law enforcement. Thanks!
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by csears 3y ago
You might be right. I would be happy with a Zoom meeting.
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Ask HN: How could I safely contact drug cartels?
107 points by csears 3y ago|191 comments
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by csears 3y ago
I’ve been playing with Netbird lately and it’s been working well. They have a free plan for up to 20 nodes, and a self hosted option if you want to eject from their cloud offering.
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by csears 3y ago
The same thing occurred to me while reading this. I suspect mTLS adoption has been slow because it’s easier to reason about authentication when the mechanics are “closer” to your application code. The mental model of bearer tokens in HTTP h
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by csears 3y ago
Congrats to the Run:ai team. This looks like a pretty big endorsement from Nvidia.
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by csears 3y ago
https://chris.sears.io Just set it up a few days ago. https://chris.sears.io/projects/audiobook-wish/ has some info on my current side project, Audiobook Wish. Concept is to match people with expiring
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by csears 3y ago
I'm testing out PostMark. Seems quite good so far. Thanks!
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Ask HN: SendGrid keeps rejecting me for a new account. Any advice?
1 points by csears 3y ago|3 comments
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by csears 3y ago
I wasn't familiar with Delta Chat. "Delta Chat is a new chat app that sends messages via e-mails, encrypted if possible, with Autocrypt." [1] [1]: https://delta.chat/en/help#what-is-delta-chat
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by csears 3y ago
Worth noting that this report is from the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which is chaired by Republican Jim Jordan and includes Matt Gaetz as a member. From the conclusion of the report: "CISA must
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by csears 3y ago
This is an article by Peter W Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars. From their site... "The National Association of Scholars, through its 1620 Project, aims to recruit historians and scholars of all sorts to assemble
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by csears 4y ago
Really impressive work, Collin! One quick suggestion is on the domain name. I know it's hard to find available domains these days, but you might consider "coursemate.chat" or "coursemates.io" (both currently availab
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by csears 4y ago
Is it safe to publicly post the randomart visualization of keys like this?
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by csears 4y ago
"Under the hood, this product is powered by our friends at Neon who have created a lightning-fast serverless database." Nice win for Neon.
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by csears 5y ago
It sounds like they have data science and data engineering in one organization. Is that team structure something that others have seen work well?

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