alt Hacker News> It's more like a dog catching a car than it is a race.
What does this mean? I didn't understand the analogy.
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leptons • last Friday at 5:24 AM
"The dog that caught the car" refers to how dogs sometimes chase cars. Suppose the car stops and the dog catches up - what is it going to do? It has no plan, it has no purpose, it isn't going to bite the car, it isn't going to get anything out of catching the car. The car may even run it over. I intended it basically as "play stupid games, win stupid prizes", or "be careful what you wish for".
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A car caught by a dog has no purpose. The activity concludes with no output.