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by matheusmoreira 1022 days ago
> But I'm the implementer, so guess which way it's going.

You're an implementer operating in a deeply adversarial environment where everyone is your enemy. Everything you do can and will be circumvented, especially by the Russia-style attackers you mentioned. See the copyright industry's fruitless attempts to curb copyright infringement. If it actually looks like you succeeded, it's only because people didn't care enough.

Unless the free computing we enjoy today is completely destroyed to the point we can only run government signed software, there's little you can do to defend against these things. To stop this, you will need tyranny the likes of which will destroy everything the word "hacker" stands for. I presumed you cared at least a little about that since you're posting on Hacker News.
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Fordec 1022 days ago
Everything can be circumvented. I but this isn't some SaaS service, I don't need to survive forever, just about twelve hours. I can achieve that.

Yeah, I grew up and realized that there's more to the world than mere developer convenience above all else. If Hacking means siding with the developer over everyone else in humanity and societal benefit, let it burn. Luckily, that's not my definition.

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matheusmoreira 1022 days ago
You're gonna insult me now? I'm a kid in fantasy land and you're the grown up dealing with the harsh world? Lol. You just admitted that irrelevance is your only leverage.
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Fordec 1022 days ago
I'm talking about me. I changed, I matured and took on wider problems. If you read my self improvement as an direcy insult or anything about you, that speaks more about your mindset than anything. And if thats the case I now see why you care so much about your scripts, if you don't have other audiences in mind it has to be the only scope you have to care for.

I'm fine with what my side project is and it's scope. It's secondarily a tech demonstration for the bigger thing that comes later. If that means the early stage is only viewed by 2000 people and improved the lives of some election nerds for no monetary gain plus a news article after submissions close, good, the plan is on track. I'm not trying to be big in this project.

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