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I 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 anyt
by sophacles 4y ago
I 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.