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Re:Ask HN: Do you think this is a good startup idea? by core-questions on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @04:20PM (#24346566)
This is a hilarious idea. I would love a little robot that could tell whining apart from legitimate pain crying, because god knows toddlers do enough of both, and help discourage the former.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you think this is a good startup idea? by karmakaze on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:46PM (#24348008)
Beware second-order effects. I can see this going horribly wrong, raising a generation of believably-sounding whiney 'victims' suffering from whatever they imagine could get them something good.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you think this is a good startup idea? by core-questions on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @07:34PM (#24348365)
Oh damn, so you mean they would be whining without me realizing it? And I would entertain them, not knowing I should shut them out like a child?

I think that's just the current world, friend.

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