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Remember that Sloot thing from late 90s?
No, what was it?
found it - here's a detailed account https://corecursive.com/sloot-digital-coding-system/
Very interesting piece of history. Thank you!
you're welcome
Wow that was quite the read, thanks!
Yeah, that had me hooked to the screen.
you're welcome
so basically there was a dutch tech bro in the late 90s who claimed he had developed a compression technique that could turn a movie into just a couple of kilobytes and right when he was going to sign with some investors he mysteriously passed away leaving no documents explaining his invention.
And his investors family were stabbed, and another guy relates to it had is car blow up. Random or coordinated?
why would someone kill him over it? what do you think?
most likely he just overstressed because he sold folks a bill of goods
Yup. It seems a lot more likely than solving a problem that we still can't solve, and that might not even be possible, in the 90's.
and now we have AI and even this wondrous wonder of technology can't figure it out.
Not saying that's what happened, but if I ever find myself in a similar situation, I'm faking my death and moving halfway across the world in heartbeat. After I get the money of course
the whole story screams that kind of thing.
Start of the rabbithole