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This piece of code has been run for thousands of years and I see no reason why it shouldn't work now: do pray(); while (badThing); I accept PayPal.
by ikeyany 7y ago
This piece of code has been run for thousands of years and I see no reason why it shouldn't work now:
do
pray();
while (badThing);
I accept PayPal.
- jxub 7y agoI don't think that pseudocode would work, I'd be more inclined to use something moral and secure like Rust.
- Isamu 7y agoSurely we can encode morality in blockchain
- 8ytecoder 7y agoI feel like a trojan that hijacks all existing blockchains and kill them would do more good to climate change than any other idea we could possibly come up with. We are burning an awful amount of electricity on something that's not being used for any practical purpose but only by speculators and "investors".
- Bartweiss 7y agoA permanent, distributed ledger of morals would at least be a nice gift to future historians. Now if only we could establish a correctness proof as well...
- derp_dee_derp 7y agoI know you're just being flip, but the benefits of "thoughts and prayers" isn't solely to ask some imaginary being for help. The benefit is that it directs the attention of the community at large towards the problem. This raises awareness with the hope that those with the means to help will do so. Its an anti-fragile method of asking the community for help without knowing the specifics of how they can help. actually, now that I think about it, "Thoughts and Prayers" is no different than a "Call for Code" except that it is generalized to all society instead of just software developers.
- kkarakk 7y agoNever understood why fb implemented a way to send a starbucks gift card on someones bday but refuses to associate a "donate to this charity" button when you pick a disaster filter or "mark yourself safe" or whatever