Re:Show HN: When my builds fail I pay money to charity
by baddox on Monday May 07, 2018 @12:05PM
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It would make more sense for build failures to donate to a cause that the user opposes. Perhaps you oppose the NRA, or the ACLU, or a certain political party. That ought to provide a strong disincentive.
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Re:Show HN: When my builds fail I pay money to charity
by hamandcheese on Monday May 07, 2018 @12:50PM
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As mentioned elsewhere, there needs to be some long term incentive to keep the system on at all that counters the short term financial disincentive.
Re:Show HN: When my builds fail I pay money to charity
by baddox on Monday May 07, 2018 @07:51PM
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If there's a separate incentive to keep the system on, then it doesn't function as a disincentive to cause build failures. If you're worried about keeping yourself honest (i.e. not turning the system off), then there could be an escrow service where you prepay and can't get that money back. After every build failure, the escrow contributes a small amount to the "bad" charity, then at the end of the year, the remaining funds get contributed to a "good" charity.