Computing pioneer Bob Frankston says algorithms are the new bureaucracy [audio]

Re:Computing pioneer Bob Frankston says algorithms are the n... by marmaduke on Sunday October 08, 2017 @04:16AM (#15427416)

I used to hate paperwork for interacting with bureaucracy until I looked at it as a sort of high latency RESTful API.

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Re:Computing pioneer Bob Frankston says algorithms are the n... by Dowwie on Sunday October 08, 2017 @07:16AM (#15427793)

Reframing a difficult situation is a successful coping skill!

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Re:Computing pioneer Bob Frankston says algorithms are the n... by marmaduke on Sunday October 08, 2017 @08:09AM (#15427915)

Yep, but not just coping. I think reframing is a way of conceptual refactoring to improve any thought process. It’s not always successful though..

I’ve also wondered if some elements of brainstorming could be automated, such as reframing a situation in random ways and see what the result is like..

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Re:Computing pioneer Bob Frankston says algorithms are the n... by walterbell on Sunday October 08, 2017 @08:19AM (#15427937)

For engineering problems, TRIZ has classes of solutions based on principles of previously solved problems, a semi-structured "random" walk, https://www.southampton.ac.uk/~jps7/Lecture%20notes/TRIZ%204...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIZ

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Re:Computing pioneer Bob Frankston says algorithms are the n... by Micoloth on Sunday October 08, 2017 @07:50AM (#15427869)

I can easily look at it that way, but it doesn't get better, at all.

Makes you think about RESTful apis, huh

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