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Re:Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job by conanbatt on Friday April 05, 2019 @04:55PM (#19586948)
> However that doesn't change the fact that the increase in efficiency comes from not having to pay more money to software developers

I propose to you a law that will increase the wages of all software developers: demand that no code can be written in a computer fabricated after 2010. *

* Hint: Bastiat.

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Re:Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job by slg on Friday April 05, 2019 @07:32PM (#19588044)
I think you are all missing my intent if you are trying to point out the absurdity of my argument. I was simply pointing out the absurdity of OP's argument by comparing it to something equally absurd that would be more familiar to the average HN reader.
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Re:Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job by prewett on Friday April 05, 2019 @07:18PM (#19587953)
Ooh, I like that for other reasons: all those electron apps and bloated web pages would start being painful for developers. Maybe 16 GB of RAM would start feeling spacious again.
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