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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by dingosity on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @06:43PM (#35461477)
Tech isn't about fun any more. It's about making huge stacks of cash. We used to build things because it was fun and half-way artistic. Now we only build things if we think we can convince a VC to give us cash for it.

Though... I suppose this isn't exactly the venue to encourage people to do things simply for the joy of it.

[Also... you kids get off my lawn!]

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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by eru on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:31PM (#35463392)
> Now we only build things if we think we can convince a VC to give us cash for it.

Huh? Just because some person A somewhere builds something for cash, doesn't mean that there's no person B somewhere else building something for fun.

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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by dingosity on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @02:48PM (#35544782)
what was the last thing you built for fun?
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Re:The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS by lisp-pornstar on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:19AM (#35464835)
I wouldn't work in tech what you said were to be true.
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