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> Everyone involved knew what they were getting into.

Did they?




my guess is no. purely speculation on my part, but my suspicion is that the dangers were downplayed and the sales/marketing people paid the bare minimum attention to how close this was to a backyard project.

“we wouldn’t charge you $250,000 if we weren’t serious.”




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