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catocyesterday at 7:22 PM3 repliesview on HN

Yes, and most of us won’t break into other people’s houses, yet we really need locks.


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skissaneyesterday at 7:56 PM

This isn't a lock

It's more like a hammer which makes its own independent evaluation of the ethics of every project you seek to use it on, and refuses to work whenever it judges against that – sometimes inscrutably or for obviously poor reasons.

If I use a hammer to bash in someone else's head, I'm the one going to prison, not the hammer or the hammer manufacturer or the hardware store I bought it from. And that's how it should be.

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xeromalyesterday at 7:29 PM

Why would we lock ourselves out of our own house though?

YetAnotherNickyesterday at 7:27 PM

How is it related? I dont need lock for myself. I need it for others.

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