I think you would find a significant population on HN that would agree with the comment I quoted. I don't fault them, that's just how some brains are built and operate (we are all wired differently), either due to a libertarian model or autism/neurodiversity (which also inherently optimizes for software dev and engineering aptitude). I just wish these folks, before doing something like this, would ask someone: "Hey! I have this belief, and I want to work on this. Is there any potential harm by doing so? What does the risk calculation look like?" instead of "Imma throw this out into the world and Imma be fine." You might not be fine! And imho, we'd all be better off if you were fine vs going to prison, at least in this context.
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I think you would find a significant population on HN that would agree with the comment I quoted. I don't fault them, that's just how some brains are built and operate (we are all wired differently), either due to a libertarian model or autism/neurodiversity (which also inherently optimizes for software dev and engineering aptitude). I just wish these folks, before doing something like this, would ask someone: "Hey! I have this belief, and I want to work on this. Is there any potential harm by doing so? What does the risk calculation look like?" instead of "Imma throw this out into the world and Imma be fine." You might not be fine! And imho, we'd all be better off if you were fine vs going to prison, at least in this context.