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locklock ◴[] 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 ◴[] 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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ben_jones[dead post] ◴[] No.19116425[source]
I'm sure there were a lot of interesting challenges creating the V2 rocket that terrorized London...
1. jshap70 ◴[] No.19116462[source]
this is laughably hyperbolic
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2. shredprez ◴[] No.19116588[source]
Maybe pointedly so? "Don't let the interesting be the enemy of the good."
3. gjm11 ◴[] No.19120234[source]
Nope, parabolic. (Ignoring air resistance.)