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Re:How Tech Can Build by dataduck on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:44PM (#22939650)
No way. Software works for predictable inputs producing well-defined desired outputs. Reality is nothing like this.

Actually good rule systems are ambiguous or weak enough that when someone tries to abuse edge cases, people can turn round and say "no" and the rules don't get in the way.

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Re:How Tech Can Build by josinalvo on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @06:57AM (#22944247)
(mostly) Everyone likes this flexibility.

The question is some people find the cost too much.

Maybe it is better to have a law that is explicitly dumb, in exchange for fast, cheap and predictable (kinda like computers, if you think about it)

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