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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by swiley on Monday October 05, 2020 @10:27PM (#24694223)
They spend so much time memorizing random trivia maybe a course in handling data wouldn't be a bad idea.
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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by ArnoVW on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @04:11AM (#24695652)
Give them a break. They don't have the luxury of a highly-structured field, purposefuly constructed by humans (engineers & mathematiciens on top of that) with only 50 years of legacy.

They have to deal with a field that was haphasardly constructed by nature over the course of 4 billion years.

Imagine having to retro-document a code base with 4 billion years of history, created solely by junior developers fresh out of college..

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