Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU

Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by lazyeye on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:35PM (#34630101)

I dont think it will be a "secret cabal". It will simply be a bunch of powerful people arguing that their personal interests are the national/global interest. And believing this whether its true or not. And institutions falling in line with this.

You see this kind of attitude at a lower level on HN, for example, all the time. And this flaw in human nature only grows the more powerful you become.

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by ROTMetro on Thursday February 02, 2023 @01:03PM (#34630547)

When I was in IT, the rule was 'no essential businesses processes in Excel unless defined and approved' to ensure 1. The formulas were actually correct and 2. We could provide continuity should the person leave 3. These items were included in corporate backups not just user level ones, etc. Hardly anyone followed that process. People are going to use the easiest/best/quickest tools available to get their job done. Add in promotions based on making 'big' cases and you have quite the incentive to abuse these tools without some huge conspiracy. Simple human nature.

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by ethbr0 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @01:16PM (#34630762)

15% of my day job (for going on a decade now) is helping people untangle Excel hairballs. It's opened my eyes to how creatively badly people can solve problems, given no alternatives.

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by lazyeye on Thursday February 02, 2023 @06:20PM (#34634742)

Whilst the connection between excel and an evil, secret world cabal is not unreasonable, I'm going to assume you accidentally replied to the wrong comment.

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