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Re:No-Code and the IKEA Effect: Software lock-in evolved to ... by bonoboTP on Saturday October 31, 2020 @03:46PM (#24954581)
Who has a legacy anyway and why would a normal person expect to have one? A tailor's clothes get worn out, a farmer's food is eaten, the cook's dish eaten, the hotel cleaner's "output" gets messy again, the architect's apartment block torn down etc.

Who has a true legacy outside a small minority of philosophers, artists, scientists and political leaders?

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Re:No-Code and the IKEA Effect: Software lock-in evolved to ... by wintorez on Saturday October 31, 2020 @03:57PM (#24954671)
I think even the idea of having a tombstone is a sort of legacy. People made cave-paintings to leave something behind. We all want to cling to existence somehow and want to leave a mark on world when we leave. The simplest way maybe is to have children, so your gene would live on after you.
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Re:No-Code and the IKEA Effect: Software lock-in evolved to ... by mathgeek on Saturday October 31, 2020 @05:54PM (#24955505)
> We all want to cling to existence somehow and want to leave a mark on the world when we leave.

Not everyone wishes to leave a mark on the world after we are gone. There are entire philosophical branches dedicated to the idea of embracing mortality and accepting that which makes us human.

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Re:No-Code and the IKEA Effect: Software lock-in evolved to ... by antepodius on Saturday October 31, 2020 @07:09PM (#24955972)
I feel like that's just a way to cope with the horror of death.
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Re:No-Code and the IKEA Effect: Software lock-in evolved to ... by mathgeek on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:25PM (#25038693)
Naturally, but it's also a way to approach death if you don't consider it a horror.
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Re:No-Code and the IKEA Effect: Software lock-in evolved to ... by dwaltrip on Saturday October 31, 2020 @08:23PM (#24956366)
One can embrace mortality while also wishing to leave a positive mark on the world.
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Re:No-Code and the IKEA Effect: Software lock-in evolved to ... by AstralStorm on Saturday October 31, 2020 @06:34PM (#24955755)
Most of the paintings get lost, even sometimes masterpieces.

Bloodlines die out or change enough to not be recognizable.

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