> 1. If you can price the cost of the externality, you can justify optimizing it... | Hacker News

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		bawolff 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Package managers keep using Git as a database, it ... > 1. If you can price the cost of the externality, you can justify optimizing it. An externality is usually a cost you don't pay (or pay only a negligible amount of). I don't see how pricing it helps justify optimizing it.

esafak 5 months ago [–]

You are right. I should say perceived externality; there may be a price that is discounted.

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