joshmn

As someone who has been the target of an FBI investigation for what was effectively criminal copyright infringement (later arrested and did time in prison), my only takeaway is that this, if anything, should just be a civil suit just like so many other similar cases of copyright issues.

In my personal experience, the priorities of the FBI are typically highly politically motivated. The exceptions are if you’re doing something seriously icky, or doing fraud that deceives people.

For those interested in what’s reported and what actually happens, I’ve made some comments on my case and my experience here: https://prison.josh.mn

They got me—a copyright infringement lord—too. The FBI profile assigned to me even wrote in a case study that the FBI thought I was making millions, amongst other misses.

Their priorities are highly political.

DHH stirred an uproar because of his political opinions. He had a post on his blog around the same time of the Rubygems drama; the community was already had heightened anxiety.

This is cool, thanks. I use the embedded UI but I’m going to play around with yours too.

DuckDB is the single-most impressive piece of software I’ve used in my career. I’m mangling terabytes of parquets daily and it just handles them effortlessly; the bindings also also well-written.

Nice articles in there. Bookmarked.

Edit: it’s also actually a book!

my coffee hadn't hit—that was my intention, the "cannot"

This is the only outcome that anyone who touches ruby cannot be upset with.

Changed hands a couple times with “unclear” transition details at best. How it came about wasn’t all that transparent.

Tensions within the community were heightened because its loudest voice and most recognizable figurehead has opinions that aren’t all that popular and he made them loud and clear as he’s a loud thinker.

For those just looking for a second screen with their iPad or MacBook, Universal Display does exactly this, given you’re already in the Apple ecosystem.

Second CPU would be nice, too.

joshmn

Work like this is incredible. I did not know this existed. Thank you.

> I for one would appreciate the option to put an ID on file ahead of time, at least for important stuff like this.

I'm at that point of agreement. I don't want to say "national SSO ID" because that can get really Orwellian obviously. Being able to put an ID on file is a reasonable ask.

They're private.

I was able to recover my Rubygems account :); unfortunately my projects were all private and solo :(; I am currently looking into lawyers—if anyone has any recommendations here my inbox is open.

That's the same stance I have and why I'm torn. The little quirk here—where it makes slightly more sense—is that they received a legal notice at one point (from the US Government) about my account, there are plenty of online articles to corroborate me as me, and I have a fancy prison release ID that can help me identify me. Unfortunately this context is probably lost on the individuals who work their Zendesk.

The policies are rather draconian as others have mentioned. Anyone could be the victim of theft; mine just has an awkward paper trail attached to it.

There is, but it's not a phone number I have access to anymore. I changed it to the said person's phone number before I surrendered so that this exact scenario did not happen. I trusted the wrong person.

This is nice. MLB has a surprisingly nice API for accessing things like this.

(I misinterpreted "watch" completely different (post history will reflect why))

Lawyers don't have much to do with this part of the process. Adults-in-custody have a points system that reflects where they fall on the ladder as far as custody level goes. More in Program Statement 5100: https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5100_008cn.pdf

We did have a library! It wasn't all that bad, or so I heard. My partner sent me books on the regular that were more my taste. I found a lot of my fellow travelers were more interested in sci-fi and fiction than my taste for biology/neuroscience/behavioral sciences/food science.

The economics just would not have worked, let alone being the one to break the contractual agreements between the leagues and cable companies: my customers were more concerned about availability (see: no blackouts) than they were about price.

In the US, if you are physically located in Los Angeles, you're unable to watch the Lakers (or Clippers) without a cable subscription: having the league-provided streaming package NBA League Pass is not enough. Getting around this limitation was the selling point.

I sent him an email too.

I appreciate your interest in this and the interest of the community at large. It's comforting in a way—I feel like the world's worst criminal still. At the same time it's validating to have done something that this community—which I hold in high regard—finds interesting. Maybe in due time I will feel more comfortable to talk more about it; I think I found more product market fit with my words.

Thanks for the heads up. I think your DNS is cached. Should be "okay" in an hour.

Was a fun ride, though not for my blood pressure.

Are you local? Highly familiar with Neocities.

I am considered still in-custody so I have taken the site offline. I never, ever expected any kind of attention given to it. I don't want to provide mixed signals to any BOP of DOJ employee that may misinterpret the purpose of this website.

I am flattered by the reception here, though. Maybe in due time I can talk more about things and it can find its way back to the front page of my CMD+T muscle memory.

There’s a lot of factors that go into a sentence calculation—in the fed it’s all on a grid called the sentencing guidelines. Loss amount is just one lever.

I’ll be 35 in March :)

I am a builder at heart. I absolutely hated doing anything with that Roku app, though.

Most of those platforms had web support which made my life easier. I had a bridge with the Android apps that kicked the stream out to a native player—nothing unique. It was otherwise just ReactNative.

This wasn’t ever meant to be public in this way.

Edit: I'm still considered in-custody due to being on house arrest, and I have decided to take this site offline to prevent any potential confusion with my probation officer. It was never meant to be made public—at least, on the front page of HN. It was originally for perspective employers and passed along with my resume, and sometimes cited in casual internet conversations.

Wow, so this is what it feels like. Holy shit.

Author here, really didn’t expect this kind of attention. I have been told my tone/writing style can be misinterpreted. It’s important for me to emphasize accountability and responsibility, even if I disagree with certain elements.

This informational site was passed along with my resume for transparency. I never expected it to be here, or seen any anyone. I’m a little shy.

I’m happy to answer questions the best I can while respecting the the courts, the BOP, and the DOJ. The technical or financial aspects of the site and the case I’ll pass on, though.

(PS if anyone at GitHub can help me recover my account—I had it hijacked from me by a “friend” while I was incarcerated—that would be great)

I’m curious your relation to the BOP—there are all but a few of us here. My email is in my profile if you’d care to share.

The FSA and SCA do wonders for shorter sentences indeed. The recent push (at least on paper) for more timely transitions to community custody is welcomed and very overdue.

Sentence length is hard to stomach when you experience first hand how it all but strips people of their future. People get 10 years in the US that would be no more than 1 anywhere else, and then society expects them to come out rehabilitated and ready to contribute to society starting from, most commonly, zero.

Halfway houses don’t fix that. Home confinement doesn’t fix that. I’m lucky to have a highly marketable skill and a high degree of ability which makes my experience different than most.

I ask myself all the time how it gets fixed. In this society, I don’t think there’s a chance.