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BeetleByesterday at 1:41 AM1 replyview on HN

> Now this tool spreads. You help everyone get it set up. Someone hacks the site

You sound like my dad in the 90's, when it came to modems.

Same tool. Good uses. Bad uses. The bad doesn't negate the good (c.f. Bittorrent).


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bigfishrunningyesterday at 12:50 PM

I could make that same argument about giving my 9 year old a chainsaw and telling her to cut some wood

In the best case, some wood gets cut. There are many many worse things that can happen

But hey, same tool. Good uses. Bad uses.

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