Re:Xerox scanners randomly alter numbers in scanned documents
by HPsquared on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:27AM
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Given that science progresses one funeral at a time, the practice of hari-kari would seem to allow the Imperial Japanese officer corps to evolve their tactics more rapidly than most.
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Re:Xerox scanners randomly alter numbers in scanned documents
by masswerk on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:52AM
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The problem being that many of our big corporations and institutions are much like an Imperial Army, but without the culture of seppuku. They have overrun considerable territory and established the Greater Welfare Zone, including its glacis and satellites, by adhering to concise, even gruel tactics. This works. This is how it works. If we just stick to the tactics and principles, this will continue to work. This is how we do things… Admitting fault and accepting shame, just to veer off proven and established procedures, isn't only a serious danger to your career, it also endangers the greater good, we've all committed to… There's too much at stake. (Compare how we are all just forced to throw out even the basics of AI safety out of the window. There's no alternative. Let's suppose that Banzai attacks do work…)