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If the rest of the world were like the software industry, we would see news like this on Facebook: "KayaCar, a distributed kayak with wheels to drive on the st
by rmbyrro 4y ago
If the rest of the world were like the software industry, we would see news like this on Facebook:
"KayaCar, a distributed kayak with wheels to drive on the streets of San Francisco"
- sophacles 4y agoI would consider using facebook if there were articles like that. Not sure why you consider this a problem... "Because I can" is a good enough reason to do anything that doesn't cause harm to others.
- chrsig 4y ago> "Because I can" is a good enough reason to do anything that doesn't cause harm to others. It's hard to tell in advance how any action may impact others. The extreme example: jumping off a bridge doesn't physically harm others. But having to look at, examine, or otherwise interact with your corpse may inflict trauma on others.
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- elpakal 4y agoIsn't there also an environmental cost for all things blockchain because of power consumption? That doesn't directly impact others but might eventually.
- TickleSteve 4y ago"proof of work" is the computationally expensive thing... a block-chain is simply a data structure with many uses outside of cryptocurrencies.
- swyx 4y agodid you just compare releasing a new OSS project to suicide?
- rmbyrro 4y agoAre you advocating for suicide on a crematory?
- rmbyrro 4y agoI did not make any judgement, just noting that this mindset is quite peculiar to the software industry. Might be because of my ignorance of other areas of human activity, though...
- remram 4y agoI think if someone made a KayakCar, we would still hear about it on HN not Facebook.
- elpakal 4y agoI'm not on Facebook but from what I hear this is an article you are likely to find on there.
- cultofmetatron 4y ago> a distributed kayak with wheels ahem... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHpCEUSWt7Q&ab_channel=BeTRITON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHpCEUSWt7Q&ab_channel=BeTRI...