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betalars :antifa:

@liber
People want to do jobs that have a positive (non-harmful) impact (non-pointless). This is likely why those thighs are mentioned in the same post.

Also: pointless is a subjective term ... I can find stuff pointless that other people enjoy. But I feel like you're trying to distract from the point and I don't know it's arguing about that has a point.

19 June at 18:53 | Wall-to-wall | Open on chaos.social
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liber

@betalars
My point is that something pointless (with no positive impact, if you like) is not actively harmful (as per the original post).
Developing another office suite, or another ERP, that's doomed to fail, should never, even for the sake of online opinion pools, be placed on the same level with this piece of "human ingenuity", for example:
npr.org/2023/12/14/1218643254/
It's unfair to those stuck in the former scenario, and it trivializes the latter.
Maybe I'm wrong.

@betalars
My point is that something pointless (with no positive impact, if you like) is not actively harmful (as per the original post).
Developing another office suite, or another ERP, that's doomed to fail, should never, even for the sake of online opinion pools, be placed on the same level with this piece of "human ingenuity", for example:
npr.org/2023/12/14/1218643254/
It's unfair to those stuck in the former...

19 June at 19:32 | Open on mastodon.social
betalars :antifa:

@liber When I say I don't like encountering muddy paths and bears when biking trough the woods I am not saying those things are equally bad.

pointless is having no impact. People don't like that.

Pointless is without a doubt less bad than harmful.

But as people look for jobs that do a meaningful good, they want to avoid stuff that's either pointless or harmful.

19 June at 22:33 | Open on chaos.social
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