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[–] 40 points 2 years ago

The Internet's own boy. RIP - he would have hated what they did to reddit.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Aaron Swartz was never convicted for these crime, much less sentenced to 35 years. According to wikipedia, his maximum exposure was 50 years and $1 million in fines; he almost certainly would not have faced those in sentencing.

    This is not to diminish the terrorist tactics of the prosecutors that lead to his death. ACAB

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Remember, America does not have a justice system, just a legal system

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Too bad he wasn’t building an LLM…

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