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Re:Show HN: When my builds fail I pay money to charity by dalore on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @08:46AM (#17020508)
Punishing himself is the losing money aspect. It doesn't matter where it goes technically for it to be a punishment. His goal is to not lose money.

But to make it worthwhile (aka the reward part of the punishment), the donations are directed to charity since they need to go somewhere. So that's a small reward built into the punishment.

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Re:Show HN: When my builds fail I pay money to charity by quickthrower2 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @02:10AM (#17027713)
If the money goes to "Starbucks" as shown in the image, I don't think he is being punished.
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