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willturman
on Oct 28, 2020
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Amazon destroys $1.5m of sellers inventory – now h...
This comment feels so ... wrong. As a society, so many of our institutions seemingly prioritize attention or outcomes effectively in exactly this fashion, but seeing it in code makes it that much more cold and ruthless.
Pet_Ant
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I think (hope!) that the poster meant amongst other things. After all, someone's chemo change is someone else's life savings.
noir_lord
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Aspects of society are that cold and have been for a while.
Actuaries have been a thing for quite a while.
It’s a shame but humans can be ruthless.
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