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  - Misrepresents a material (non-trivial) fact in order to obtain action or forbearance by another person
  - The other person relies upon the misrepresentation
  - The other person *suffers injury* as a result of the act or forbearance taken in reliance upon the misrepresentation.

  - Recovery of damages in the amount of the *difference between the value of the property* had it been as represented and its actual value
  - Out-of-pocket loss, which allows for the recovery of damages in the amount of the *difference between the value of what was given and the value of what was received*.

  (...)'any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises'(...)

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  - You invite someone to sit in your living room
    - There must have been a reason to begin with (or why invite them at all)
    - Implied (at least limited) trust of whoever was invited
  - Access enabled and information gained heavily depends on house design
    - May have to walk past many rooms to finally reach the living room
    - Significant chances to look at everything in your house
    - Already allows skilled appraiser to evaluate your theft worthiness
  - Many techniques may allow further access to your house
    - Similar to digital version (leave something behind)
      - Small digital object accessing home network
      - "Sorry, I left something, mind if I search around?"
    - Longer con (advance to next stage of "friendship" / "relationship", implied trust)
      - "We should hang out again / have a cards night / go drinking together / ect..."
      - Flattery "Such a beautiful house, I like / am a fan of <madlibs>, could you show it to me?"
  - Already provides a survey of your home security
    - Do you lock your doors / windows?
    - What kind / brand / style do you have?
    - Do you tend to just leave stuff open?
    - Do you have onsite cameras or other features?
    - Do you easily just let anybody into your house who asks?
    - General cleanliness and attention to security issues

  - In the case of Notepad++, they would also be offering you a free product
    - Significant utility vs alternatives
    - Free
    - Highly recommended by many other "neighbors"
  - In the case of Notepad++, they themselves are not actively malicious (or at least not known to be)
    - Single developer
    - Apparently frazzled and overworked by the experience
    - Makes updates they can, yet also support a free product for millions.
    - It doesn't really work with the friend you invite in scenario (more like they sneezed in your living room or something)

  glimpsed a pale shape moving through the trees. (actual text)

  just at the edge of sight—a pale shape, slipping between the trunks (not extraction)

  - The combined market cap of NVidia ($4.35T), Apple ($3.88T), and Google (Goog, $1.9T+Googl, $3.62T) shares combined.
  - An amount larger than Every world stock market on Earth, except the NYSE and NASDAQ (the next closest is Shanghai at $9T)
  - ~5 months worth of all trades (market volume) on the NYSE ($2.685T/month)
  - ~1/10th of ALL world stock markets market capitalization.
  - ~1/2 the United States yearly Gross Domestic Product
  - 130x Spotify's own market capitalization (total stock value outstanding)
  - ~766x Spotify's own yearly revenue for 2024 ($16.96B)