Comment by aDyslecticCrow
10 hours ago
This is the kind of silly engineering that makes me appreciate humans.
I need reminders sometimes that the world is filled with humans doing wierd things to share with one another.
Not everything is about economic value or practicality. Making silly shit can be the goal.
Thanks very much, it really cheered me up. Yes, I believe that there are things that are done for fun and nothing else. I am sure that most people who delve into software engineering have that urge occasionally.
This principle applied to YouTube:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319510
It very much reminded me of what the web was like 15 years ago. Just people sharing cool stuff with each other. I'm glad we still have that here.