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1. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 22-May-2017 17:05:27 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen

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   !Coffee and its Effects on #FeatureCreep: http://royrapoport.blogspot.ca/2011/05/coffee-and-its-effects-on-feature-creep.html
   1. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 22-May-2017 17:09:58 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen

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      Hm...: "My last enhancement to Caffeinator was to allow people to opt out of debt reassignment. That seemed to stop most of the gaming."
   2. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 22-May-2017 17:12:41 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen

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      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