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In a last-ditch effort, the Wales-based software engineer filed a lawsuit against Newport City Council for roughly 495.31 million British pounds, or about $647 million, in damages for repeatedly denying his request to excavate the landfill site housing the discarded hard drive, which contains around 8,000 units of Bitcoin womp womp
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: filed a lawsuit
Phew...so glad to hear that litigation and lawyers are involved. 
I mean what would the world be without?
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I look forward to hearing about the case being thrown out and the guy having to pay defense costs. 
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You are really evil, mini-me
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He should go get a loan and excavate it himself! He'll make bank when he finds the drive! (And it is unreadable because a Cat drove over it a couple times and crushed the plates.)
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It has been in the landfill for 11 years. 
Quote: The bizarre case dates back to 2013 when Howells unintentionally put a hard drive containing 8,000 BTCs in the trash while cleaning his office.
Yeah, I am thinking that it is probably unreadable.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Wales-based software engineer
ps - if he can't be bothered to 'engineer' a solution to keep track of half a billion dollars of virtual crap, he is not really an engineer, is he?
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To be fair, back then it would have been max a couple of 10x... but I do give you that, if you invest in something, you should keep track of it... and if not, do not complain, your fault.
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Are you still on the staff, or do you have a contact who is? I need a little assistance.
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Totally needed, you know those darn comets leave such a mess.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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They are late[^]
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That's actually kind of funny (not the slur part), should've had something equally diabolical, like [insert annoying tune here] played over and over.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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...whoa, what if the 'tides' themselves are what is keeping it warm? The constant friction of all the stuff rubbing together as it tumbles.
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To add a bit more context.
Something Massive Is Shifting Deep Inside the Moon[^]
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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As it likely has since days of old. Back to your workstations. 
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Moon Slushie is a good band name.
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Jörmungandr is waking up.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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perfect example of why we need to go back to the moon.
we need a quantum leap in the current situation of things.
Charlie Gilley
“Microsoft is the virus..."
"the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
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That's No Cave[^]
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