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550 points polskibus | 7 comments | 08 Feb 19 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.846s | source | bottom
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locklock ◴[08 Feb 19 16:47 UTC] No.19116039[source]▶
I'm really thankful I haven't yet had a job where all I'm developing is new ways to force people to see ads. Imagine working on a 'feature' like this for weeks or months, and the end result is simply that people who don't want to see ads now have to see ads.
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spyspy ◴[08 Feb 19 17:10 UTC] No.19116323[source]▶
Ethics aside, this actually sounds kind of fun to me. It's the kind of clever puzzle solving many of us love about programming - it's basically a cat and mouse game.
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1. bsagdiyev ◴[08 Feb 19 17:20 UTC] No.19116439[source]▶
Little over an hour for the Nazi comparison
2. jshap70 ◴[08 Feb 19 17:22 UTC] No.19116462[source]▶
this is laughably hyperbolic
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3. shredprez ◴[08 Feb 19 17:33 UTC] No.19116588[source]▶
Maybe pointedly so? "Don't let the interesting be the enemy of the good."
4. SmellyGeekBoy ◴[08 Feb 19 19:27 UTC] No.19117770[source]▶
Not wanting to turn into a Nazi apologist but to play devil's advocate for a minute, that very same research put people in space as well as creating our current communications infrastructure.
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5. cdelsolar ◴[08 Feb 19 19:33 UTC] No.19117845[source]▶
and the atomic bomb that terrorized Japan
6. gilrain ◴[08 Feb 19 21:24 UTC] No.19118837[source]▶
"Not wanting to turn into a Nazi apologist but"
7. gjm11 ◴[09 Feb 19 02:02 UTC] No.19120234[source]▶
Nope, parabolic. (Ignoring air resistance.)