Waste of Resources

Comments debating whether specific projects, technologies, or actions represent a waste of resources, time, energy, or money, often highlighting inefficiency and lack of benefit.

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Sample Comments

canadianfella Mar 25, 2021 View on HN

How is it a waste of resources?

mister_hn May 29, 2020 View on HN

but that's a massive waste of resources

emodendroket Oct 20, 2021 View on HN

Seems like a tremendous use of energy and resources for little to no benefit.

rajivharlalka Jul 5, 2023 View on HN

Wouldn't that be just wasting resources more useful that the thing being dumped.

standardUser Jul 8, 2022 View on HN

Most people think wasting an expensive and harmful resource for minimal gain is irrational.

darpa_escapee Dec 31, 2017 View on HN

Sounds like a waste of resources to me.

PhasmaFelis Nov 27, 2013 View on HN

How is that not wasting resources?

VMG Apr 18, 2018 View on HN

Doesn't that make it more wasteful? Those people could be doing something more useful

Hypergraphe Mar 28, 2023 View on HN

It's called wasting our resources !

wrkta Aug 9, 2023 View on HN

It's wasted from the perspective of the end user.