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joquarkyyesterday at 7:26 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's like the old Sim City game where you can cheat in unlimited funds. This causes you to get bored and suddenly the disaster menu starts to become interesting.


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Fischgerichtyesterday at 10:21 PM

Thank you. You just blew my mind.

This might be the best (compressed) analogy / short-cut when trying to educate others about WTF is going on here.

I will totally steal and use that.

Again, thank you.

_carbyau_today at 12:19 AM

That sounds like a classroom experiment. Let kids play the game. Tell them they now have to cheat with unlimited funds. Track at what time each kid launches a disaster. End of class, discuss billionaires.