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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2026) on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:30AM (#49168737)
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agree. pressing a button to go to next page is like a chore. The scrolling in itself is kind of addictive, you swipe with your finger and everything moves like you're moving a parchment or something.
I get it. The thing to me is, though, how do you know whether extracting some amount of minerals is irrevocably gonna change the ecosystem for some species or not? If it changes it badly for some, then a chain reaction can of course alter something important.

Can it be, for some species, like changing the formula of the atmosphere's air for us?

no, just take the water, remove the salt & minerals. Over time it'll dilute. Water falls again in the form of rain, obviously, but not the salt.

You're not worried? If it's for batteries? For sure they'll extract whatever they can.

you can now extract (like mining) minerals from the ocean, sounds kind of dangerous for the ecosystem maybe? making it profitable to extract magnesium, lithium, salt... we can probably guess how this story goes.

i'm hoping it doesn't scale, honestly.