> > You should consider that the essential art of civilization is maintenance. > [– Pete Seeger](
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TIL: *free driver* opposite of free rider > > [> …solar geoengineering’s economics are almost the exact opposite of climate change’s: While global warming is a “free rider” problem, where countries must collaborate to avoid burning cheap fossil fuels, solar geoengineering is a “free driver” problem, where one country could theoretically do it alone.](https://heatmap.news/climate-tech/stardust-geoengineering ) >
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 ) Lately I’ve been thinking about orphaned code. Code that’s still running, live, with no remaining developers or users. Forgotten hardware devices. Deserted VMs on cloud free tiers. Smart contracts whose DAOs disbanded years ago. Old school internet worms. Abandoned, starving Tamagotchi. Can you think of other examples? There are obvious conclusions here about maintainability, ecosystem security, etc, but I’m not here to lecture, I have no particular conclusions. Just a vibe. It’s a very, very…mad world. image