When I was a kid, my father bought a family home computer and placed it in the living room for all to see. When guests came to our house, they would stop by the computer and admire its marvel without
  • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    11 hours ago

    This is a poor analogy. Those installed in Doge knew exactly the value and reason the systems. Processes, people, regulations and institutions they are deleting existed; they didn’t want them to as it was disadvantageous to their greedy fixation on omnipotence.

    It’s naive to pretend it’s not deliberate.

    • Botzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 hours ago

      Also my favorite to use with the smart junior engineers who keep saying we should “just do ___.”

  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    10 hours ago

    Much of what we have learned about the human brain comes from injuries to its various parts.

    You learned about what ini files do by deleting them. Make backups and break stuff to learn. I’m just talking about computers, please don’t extrude this lesson to Doge.