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    Epstein Arrest Leaves Top Technology Figures Racing to Distance Themselves

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    132 points AndrewBissell | 15 comments | 31 Jul 19 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 1.063s | source | bottom
    1. camjohnson26 ◴[31 Jul 19 17:04 UTC] No.20576121[source]▶
    According to the article the list of prominent tech figures who socialized with Epstein includes:

    Sergey Brin

    Richard Branson

    Jason Calacanis

    Bill Gates

    Reid Hoffman

    Elon Musk

    Nathan Myhrvold

    Mark Zuckerberg

    That’s an impressive list.

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    2. mc32 ◴[31 Jul 19 17:09 UTC] No.20576177[source]▶
    Quite interesting. Are most actual social friends or people who were coincidentally in the same place at the same time as him? Like both get invited to a gala or whatever versus they visit each other’s homes or businesses on a personal level.
    3. creddit ◴[31 Jul 19 17:23 UTC] No.20576331[source]▶
    Most of the connections are in passing (if the article is to be believed) and would happen by the nature of being in such a class.
    4. dx87 ◴[31 Jul 19 17:23 UTC] No.20576334[source]▶
    Not all of those names belong together in your list. The article says Bill Gates talked to him once at a social event, and his representative claims they never worked together. Some of the others on the list were in Eptsein's "Black Book" that he kept.
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    5. anbop ◴[31 Jul 19 17:39 UTC] No.20576485[source]▶
    Bill Gates is not a nice person, but I will believe almost everything before believing that he was raping underaged girls on a secret island.
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    6. Balgair ◴[31 Jul 19 17:48 UTC] No.20576585[source]▶
    .
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    7. passivepinetree ◴[31 Jul 19 17:56 UTC] No.20576646{3}[source]▶
    Yes. It's both mentioned and linked to in the article on which we are commenting.
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    8. ◴[31 Jul 19 17:56 UTC] No.20576653{3}[source]▶
    9. ◴[31 Jul 19 18:02 UTC] No.20576706{4}[source]▶
    10. Balgair ◴[31 Jul 19 18:02 UTC] No.20576708{4}[source]▶
    Thanks, deleted
    11. bogwog ◴[31 Jul 19 18:04 UTC] No.20576715{4}[source]▶
    Which you can't read unless you pay
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    12. nradov ◴[31 Jul 19 18:21 UTC] No.20576855[source]▶
    His deeds in the Gates Foundation count as "nice" by any reasonable definition.
    13. greenyoda ◴[31 Jul 19 18:21 UTC] No.20576858{5}[source]▶
    If you turn off cookies and JavaScript in your browser, you can read this and many other paywalled sites. I'm using the uMatrix[1] extension, which can automatically do this on a per-site basis.

    [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix

    14. AndrewBissell ◴[31 Jul 19 18:24 UTC] No.20576887[source]▶
    Even if none of them were involved in Epstein's worst crimes, their willingness to even give the time of day to a convicted sex trafficker reveals a disgusting toleration for predatory behavior. The overall picture it paints is, "hey, as long as he could buy his way out of any real trouble it's safe for me to associate with him."
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    15. JudgeWapner ◴[01 Aug 19 00:09 UTC] No.20580015{3}[source]▶
    Is it not possible that some of them only knew him before his conviction?