Criticizing Computers

Re:Criticizing Computers by georgebarnett on Sunday November 20, 2022 @10:22PM (#33688317)

Sturgeons law (1950’s) states that 90% of everything is garbage. I see no reason why computers and software should be exempt.

I also do find myself chuckling at posts like this being upvoted on a website which also leans to new shiny things so heavily.

The problem will solve itself when folks start ignoring products that are half baked. I’m not holding my breath that will be anytime soon..

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Re:Criticizing Computers by cjohnson318 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @11:29PM (#33688764)

I have a corollary to Sturgeon's Law: "Most people are wrong, most of the time, and the people that are right, are usually right by accident."

I thought of this after listening to someone smugly quote one dead economist after another, while we both knew full well that all those economists were mostly wrong about everything.

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Re:Criticizing Computers by fredrikholm on Monday November 21, 2022 @05:42AM (#33691087)

A (structurally similar) variation of Gorgias 'On Non-Existence' argument!

Another famous one being Lem's law:

> No one reads; if someone does read, he doesn’t understand; if he understands, he immediately forgets.

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Re:Criticizing Computers by swayvil on Monday November 21, 2022 @11:46AM (#33694649)

There's also

It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It.

(Upton Sinclair)

Simplified:

Reason serves desire

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