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		rainbowmverse on July 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Checklist of over 100 directories to subm... Some types of company see penalties (or cleanup cost) as a cost of doing business. If they make > $10k to incur $10k in costs, then it works out. It's a faulty way of seeing things, but businesses like that tend to have a fog around them. They don't see the icebergs coming.

bdcravens on July 23, 2018 | [–]

First failed assumption of course being that they'll automatically make > $10k

goatherders on July 23, 2018 | [–]

Why is it faulty?

rainbowmverse on July 23, 2018 | [–]

Those fines usually exist for a reason. Just because you can pay your way out of consequences for the negative externalities doesn't mean it's good for anyone but your shareholders.

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