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  1. !Coffee and its Effects on #: http://royrapoport.blogspot.ca/2011/05/coffee-and-its-effects-on-feature-creep.html

    Monday, 22-May-17 21:05:27 UTC from status.hackerposse.com
    1. Hm...: "My last enhancement to Caffeinator was to allow people to opt out of debt reassignment. That seemed to stop most of the gaming."

      Monday, 22-May-17 21:09:58 UTC from status.hackerposse.com
    2. Doctorow notes, "Rapoport presents it as a cautionary tale about feature creep -- but it's also a neat parable about how all currency arises from debt, which is the thesis of Debt: The First 5,000 Years " https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/how-a-coffee-order-chatbot-turned-into-a-bank/26050

      Monday, 22-May-17 21:12:41 UTC from status.hackerposse.com