Discussion
Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling'
Quarrelsome: That's some fine problem solving, albeit not the problems the prison wanted to be solved.I sometimes wonder if these sorts of people who "succeed" in these odd ways on the wrong side of the criminal fence, would have had rather successful careers had just a couple of things gone differently towards the start of their life.
cwillu: [2016]
tetrisgm: Excellent lateral thinking, and result driven mindset. I’m not being sarcastic either
codezero: This makes me wonder if people might be getting Starlink Minis smuggled in by corrupt guards.
AngryData: Most certainly many could. You don't get 25% of the world's prison population without spending every effort to screw over your own citizens.
jldugger: previously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14093970
Grimblewald: I'd argue prison iq distribution is more flattering than that of most c-suits, with less crime to boot.
alexpotato: I've seen claims that the average IQ in prisons is roughly equivalent to the average IQ of the general population. The line most commonly mentioned after that fact is "and those are the ones that got caught."I'm not sure how true that is but what I do believe is that the following is 100% true:- smart people - who grow up in disadvantaged locales - and have emotional trauma due to the above - may end up in a life of crime and then prisonHow do I know this? I've worked with a couple people like this. Some ended up in prison, others almost went to prison and later on went to work in corporate America (no sarcasm intended here).
itsthecourier: I have dealt with many criminals through my life.some simply wanna be Pablo Escobar and become a reggaeton poster child. they don't do it for other reason than become their mental image of a gangster.yes, they are intelligent but they insist and insist into do what they consider cool, and that coolness come to be a "hacker" or a criminalso far from top of my mind I remember a serial corporate scammer, a social media middle man who constantly sell access to people working in meta (unlocking/locking accounts), a drug precursor middlewoman, a money laundering mule/scammer/errand boy. every time it was the same. they wanted to show a gangster luxury life in ig. the middlewoman was something else, never got to understand her. 60 years. probably she was just for the thrill of it.had they opportunities to do something else? repeatedly. specially after prison or with family help. but they refuse, the next business will be the one. they will become millionaires for sure. jail again.
mothballed: Crime is also just more accepted in "disadvantaged locales."Drinking openly is illegal in most of Mexico and the USA. If the area is run down and the shops are broken I will crack open a beer on the street without a second thought. I wouldn't think of doing it openly in some yuppie neighborhood where some Karen will rat your ass out in 5 minutes.
FpUser: >"smart people - who grow up in disadvantaged locales - and have emotional trauma due to the above - may end up in a life of crime and then prison"I believe this to be true and some of my former schoolmates who were brilliant IQ wise and got high marks on math and physics still ended up in jails. Some were later able to recover and lead more productive life
