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		dnautics on Aug 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Infrastructure bill cryptocurrency surveillance pr... You assume that the value in this case is created merely by its existence but software in a vacuum is worthless. The value in software is also created by orgs that choose to use the software, by distribution networks. It must be reduced to practice. As a software dev that can be a hard pill to swallow.

tluyben2 on Aug 3, 2021 [–]

Yes, agreed. But does that change the case?

dnautics on Aug 3, 2021 | [–]

Yes? I am asserting that you are overestimating the value of the programmer, which is one axis of the correlation I suggest.

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