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Re:Show HN: When my builds fail I pay money to charity by tnegoshi on Monday May 07, 2018 @05:32PM (#17016633)
The only misuse of semantics I see is where an attempt to obscure a concretely causal relationship occurs:

mistake > punish himself > donate to charity to punish himself

Donating to charity as a method to achieve the punishment goal is precisely material in this case.

GP is asking if this method, which contains both a gain and loss, actually results in a punishment with an intended loss.

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Re:Show HN: When my builds fail I pay money to charity by zumu on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @02:08PM (#17023143)
The punishment isn't donating to charity. The punishment is losing money.
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