heresie-dabord

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———— Once upon a time, it was fashionable in programming discourse for people to parade their skillful opinions about things they never really understood. And it still is. ———— There comes an uncanny point where a Corporation's beleaguered flailing is indistinguishable from Actualised General Incompetence. ———— UNIX fortune: "Computer Science can be thought of as the post-Turing decline in formal methods." ————
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Comment · 4 hours ago
> proof that he, himself is conscious.

Unstated (or very understated) in the scene is the fact that a human demonstrably acts and functions within the social context, having a constant awareness of risk and accountability ("skin in the game").

A human of mature age is entrusted with responsibilities and accountability for consequences. Insofar as responsibility for consequences is borne, a human may be considered responsibly conscious in behaviour. (Criminal behaviour is defective.)

A technology may also someday be entrusted with responsibilities and accountability for consequences. But there is as yet no such technology.

Comment · 4 hours ago
> Everyone wants a simple narrative that explains the drop. Sometimes there isn't one.

And sometimes it is a simple, ominous two-syllable word that contains three Bs.

Comment · 4 hours ago
> People are barely blinking

I speak only for myself, of course — but my eyes are watering.

Comment · 7 hours ago
Comment · 11 hours ago
"Your security is important to us.

Our saying so is in no way a pledge that we are good at security or diligent about anything but billing you."

Comment · 11 hours ago
A fiction yes, because we see in reality that role models and competent leaders are hard to find.
Comment · 11 hours ago
"You have a chance to make a law. Make it a good one."

This defines the struggle of human civilization.

Comment · 17 hours ago
It's Obscurity Turtles all the way down.
Comment · 2 days ago
> there is an amazing opportunity on the internet for proper community

But how will you design it to survive in this age of malicious actors and persona farms?

Comment · 4 days ago
"Shareholders will love it! Our company has never told staff to get stuffed better!"
Comment · 4 days ago
> The FAGMAN companies

For sardonic reasons, I prefer "MANNA".

It seems heavenly until the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin.

Comment · 10 days ago
> the industry will learn something

This is something of a fallacy. "The Industry" cannot learn.

But laws and regulations can require better security.

As in the history of seatbelts in vehicles, tech tool stacks are insecure by design and no one is ever really held accountable... until the cost is deemed too high.

It's evident that we have not reached that limit yet.

Comment · 14 days ago
> The big secret is

... that a team is much more than just its output.

You might be able to replicate an output at a lower cost. You might even be able to do it faster. But without a team of people, you won't be able to maintain commitment, culture, and domain expertise.

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