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2026-01-15 15:15 UTC

Correct me if I'm wrong, but McAfee must have been at least somewhat skilled in the past, no? That doesn't sound much like Musk. > [On 23 June 2021, he was found dead due to an apparent suicide by hanging in his prison cell near Barcelona shortly after the Spanish National Court authorized his extradition to the U.S.[16][17][18] ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee) I guess there is one way he could become the next McAfee...

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@BlackDragon@slrpnk.net 2026-01-15 15:22

McAfee was a perfectly competent programmer in the 80s and 90s. I think by the time most people heard of him he had already fried the part of his brain responsible for programming with copious amounts of every drug. I'd still take him over Musk any day.

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@Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2026-01-15 15:53

One only needs to watch John McAfee's [uninstalling McAfee Antivirus video](https://youtu.be/bKgf5PaBzyg) (NSFW) to realize how much of a legend he was. [LGR did a wonderful retrospective](https://youtu.be/X9ywgxbGEZ8) when he announced his candidacy for US president. Dude seriously lived life to its fullest and made tons of questionable decisions

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