Comment on DIY tinkerer invents MacBook tool that breaks Apple’s repair locks

• kautau@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A fine is just an calculable price to do something wrong, business love them, from the classic study:

  rady.ucsd.edu/_files/faculty-research/…/fine.pdf

  Parents used to arrive late to collect their children, forcing a teacher to stay after closing time. We introduced a monetary fine for late-coming parents. As a result, the number of late-coming parents increased significantly.

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  • plz1@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just keep adding zeroes until you get the desired outcome.

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    • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is the correct answer. If the fine was $1000 for every time you picked your kid up late you can guarantee parents would never arrive late.

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      • plz1@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yep

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