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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by scotty79 on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @10:08AM (#43973164)
> the value in the human is an informed opinion which is hard to program

I don't think I ever used a human for that. They are usually very uninformed about everything that's not their standard operational procedure or some current promotional materials.

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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by bluGill on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @10:14AM (#43973219)
20 years ago when I was at McDonalds there would be several customers per shift (so many 1 in 500?) who didn't know what they wanted and asked for a recommendation. Since I worked there I ate there often enough to know if the special was something I liked or not.
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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by scotty79 on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @10:34AM (#43973439)
Bless your souls. I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I just personally had only bad experiences so I actively avoid human interactive input in my commercial activity.
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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by MonkeyClub on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @09:43AM (#43984456)
> I actively avoid human interactive input in my commercial activity

Not to mention that the "human input" can be pre-scripted to urge you to purchase more, so it's not genuinely a human interaction, it's only a human delivering some bullshit "value add" marketing verbiage.

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