Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Being a bad idea kind of reduces the value of whatever innovation led to it. When you find something obvious nobody tried before, you should get suspicious.

Don't get me wrong. I am an engineer and I frequently answer a "why?" with "because it's cool" or "because it could be done", but with years of experience come a strong sense of what's a good idea and what's not and what you describe looks like a very bad one. And not even a lot of fun to implement.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: