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Not sure their attempted point lands the way they think it will. I view this as an unmitigated good. Open source every damn thing. Open the floodgates. Break the system. I'd cheer for a company like this. It seems to dance just on the other side of what's legal, though.
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Ah, it really wouldn't be HN without baselessly accusing other posters you disagree with.
i do not necessarily agree with the phrasing of ActivePatterns comment, but i also raised an eyebrow at iepathos' comment.
Note for people who just briefly skimmed the site: This is satire.
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Ah, it really wouldn't be HN without baselessly accusing other posters you disagree with.
i mean... the site is very clearly satire and the comment is clearly responding as if it is a real service. i do not necessarily agree with the phrasing of ActivePatterns comment, but i also raised an eyebrow at iepathos' comment.
Amazon getting all excited hoping it's real.
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Dean Ball made this exact point on the Ezra Klein show a few days ago. I always thought laws would get more just with perfect enforcement -- the people passing mandatory sentencing laws for minor drug offenses would think twice if their own children, and not just minorities and unfavourable groups, were subject to the same consequences (instead of rehab or community service). But if I've learned anything in 20 years…
Hmm, the problem is that judges and even police officers are generally saner than voters. Giving the former discretion was a way to sneakily contain the worst excesses of the latter. Alas, self-interest isn't really something voters seem to really take into account.
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It's funny that humans working together for mutual benefit via any other mechanism than regimented corporate slavery is considered insane.
The issue is how do you interact with other industries/trades who protect their profit making potential. Ok great - all software and networks are "free." How do you pay for Doctors and Plumbers and Electricians whose earnings are legally protected by the state but whose skill bases are also freely available to be used within the margin of error of a professional or a layman? Issues like this are great to have convers…