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uiuc_throwaway··on Millionaire hacker gets 9 years in death of man building nuclear bunker tunnels
I went to school with Daniel at Illinois, we were in the ECE program at the same time and took classes together (with other HN readers, surely).

I dispute all posts saying "the sentence is too harsh" and that this was "a genuine accident." This person is dangerous and willfully endangered others in his pursuits.

This type of "accident" would not happen "in normal circumstances" because there is no normal circumstance in which your employer intentionally masks your location and forces you to defecate into a bucket in the basement of their own home.

Personally I believe Daniel used the investment he made in the victim's company to manipulate him into this situation.

From my POV it was only a matter of time that he did something that resulted in serious harm. It is terribly unfortunate that someone had to lose their life before he was able to get help for his mental illness.

I do not have an axe to grind against him personally, nor do I lack empathy for the mentally ill. But for those quick to jump to the other side, you should know what the experience is like living near someone in this circumstance. It is quite viscerally terrifying, to the extent that I have made no public comments about this for fear of retribution on his part despite the fact he'll be separated from society for quite some time.

uiuc_throwaway··on Millionaire hacker gets 9 years in death of man building nuclear bunker tunnels
I went to school with Daniel at Illinois. He is quite simply a dangerous and manipulative person. Having known him I would have preferred he spend significantly more time in jail or otherwise separated from society.

It should be telling that I created a throwaway account to post this for fear of my safety _even if he won't get out for another decade_.