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tech is not about asking about the consequences of what you are doing, it's about asking if it can be done at all /s (but sometimes not /s)

knutwannheden 4y ago
While I think the paraphrased Jurassic Park quote can be very funny at times, I don't really agree with the statement. But I assume you were being sarcastic.
samstave 4y ago
OK im calling you out because you have no idea of what youre speaking of ;; youve been an HN member since 2018 ; Ive had mined since 2009, but even before that.... i agree with 100. growing up in the 80s and reading cyberpunk fiction?? I think we should blame those dudes on CONSEQUENCES of WHAT IF
- dsr_ 4y ago
  Author: I have written "Don't Build The Cyberpunk Dystopian Hellscape", a warning against those foolish enough to believe that their actions have no consequences. CEO, 20 years later: Inspired by "Don't Build The Cyberpunk Dystopian Hellscape", we have built a Cyberpunk Dystopian Hellscape! It will be very profitable.
  - astrange 4y ago
    np this is based on a Twitter joke: https://twitter.com/alexblechman/status/1457842724128833538 https://twitter.com/alexblechman/status/1457842724128833538 But I don’t think this joke works because afaik it’s a reference to: https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Perspective_Vortex https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Perspective_Vortex And in the book it didn’t work because Zaphod was (rightfully) so egotistical he was immune to it! So it seems the sci-fi author’s moral here is that it’s fine actually.
    - dsr_ 4y ago
      "When you entered the door of my office, you entered my electronically synthesized Universe," he explained, "if you had left by the door you would have been back in the real one. The artificial one works from here." He patted the briefcase smugly. Zaphod glared at him with resentment and loathing. "What's the difference?" he muttered. "Nothing," said Zarniwoop, "they are identical. Oh-except that I think the Frogstar Fighters are grey in the real Universe." ... "Meanwhile, you and I arranged that you would steal the Improbability Drive ship-the only one which could reach the ruler's world-and bring it to me here. This you have now done I trust, and I congratulate you." He smiled a tight little smile which Zaphod wanted to hit with a brick. "Oh, and in case you were wondering," added Zarniwoop, "this Universe was created specifically for you to come to. You are therefore the most important person in this Universe. You would never," he said with an even more brickable smile, "have survived the Total Perspective Vortex in the real one. Shall we go?"
- CyberDildonics 4y ago
  Do you blame the simpsons for drone warfare?
rottc0dd 4y ago
Paraphrasing a quote I read on HN: "What a technology can do quickly becomes what it must do"
- patates 4y ago
  Contextualizing: The Birth & Death of JavaScript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death... Less sarcastic quote: Anything that can be Written in JavaScript, will Eventually be Written in JavaScript.

knutwannheden 4y ago

While I think the paraphrased Jurassic Park quote can be very funny at times, I don't really agree with the statement. But I assume you were being sarcastic.

samstave 4y ago

OK im calling you out because you have no idea of what youre speaking of ;; youve been an HN member since 2018 ; Ive had mined since 2009, but even before that.... i agree with 100. growing up in the 80s and reading cyberpunk fiction?? I think we should blame those dudes on CONSEQUENCES of WHAT IF

dsr_ 4y ago
Author: I have written "Don't Build The Cyberpunk Dystopian Hellscape", a warning against those foolish enough to believe that their actions have no consequences. CEO, 20 years later: Inspired by "Don't Build The Cyberpunk Dystopian Hellscape", we have built a Cyberpunk Dystopian Hellscape! It will be very profitable.
- astrange 4y ago
  np this is based on a Twitter joke: https://twitter.com/alexblechman/status/1457842724128833538 https://twitter.com/alexblechman/status/1457842724128833538 But I don’t think this joke works because afaik it’s a reference to: https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Perspective_Vortex https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Perspective_Vortex And in the book it didn’t work because Zaphod was (rightfully) so egotistical he was immune to it! So it seems the sci-fi author’s moral here is that it’s fine actually.
  - dsr_ 4y ago
    "When you entered the door of my office, you entered my electronically synthesized Universe," he explained, "if you had left by the door you would have been back in the real one. The artificial one works from here." He patted the briefcase smugly. Zaphod glared at him with resentment and loathing. "What's the difference?" he muttered. "Nothing," said Zarniwoop, "they are identical. Oh-except that I think the Frogstar Fighters are grey in the real Universe." ... "Meanwhile, you and I arranged that you would steal the Improbability Drive ship-the only one which could reach the ruler's world-and bring it to me here. This you have now done I trust, and I congratulate you." He smiled a tight little smile which Zaphod wanted to hit with a brick. "Oh, and in case you were wondering," added Zarniwoop, "this Universe was created specifically for you to come to. You are therefore the most important person in this Universe. You would never," he said with an even more brickable smile, "have survived the Total Perspective Vortex in the real one. Shall we go?"
CyberDildonics 4y ago
Do you blame the simpsons for drone warfare?

rottc0dd 4y ago

Paraphrasing a quote I read on HN: "What a technology can do quickly becomes what it must do"

patates 4y ago
Contextualizing: The Birth & Death of JavaScript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death... Less sarcastic quote: Anything that can be Written in JavaScript, will Eventually be Written in JavaScript.