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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by psd1 on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @05:21PM (#43476121)
Irony noted, but I think it's rare for the horrors of a codebase to be deliberately inflicted for self-enrichment or cruelty.
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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by mindslight on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @08:35PM (#43477642)
Isn't that the whole point behind A/B testing? Find the accidental dark patterns that will maximize extraction?
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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by psd1 on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @07:01AM (#43480839)
Ah, I see. I was thinking in terms of spaghetti hell.

I wrote a big chunk before I recalled that this is just an analogy. We're wandering off topic.

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