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The problem with computers (abstracting from accidental complexity) is, that they do what you tell them to do, not what you think you told them to do. You canno
by vetinari 10y ago
The problem with computers (abstracting from accidental complexity) is, that they do what you tell them to do, not what you think you told them to do. You cannot somehow make an agreement or solve it, how it is solved with humans - by communicating. You must formulate your thought exactly.
And that's what most people have a problem with - except for some hard sciences, they never needed to formulate their thought that way.
- CmdrSprinkles 10y agoNot to be rude, but how often do you interact with other human beings? Communication is a huge problem in everyday life. Anyone who has ever had even a short term SO (longer than a one night stand/few dates) has learned that it is important to be careful in how you phrase things and to understand that people may not understand what you were trying to say.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoYou can engage in a dialog with humans. "What? Hey! Don't get mad! Let me explain!" Instead of just deleting all your files without recourse.
- CmdrSprinkles 10y agoAgain, I don't want to be rude, but have you been in a relationship? Recovering from a foot in the mouth can be a lot harder than hoping you actually have a back-up somewhere. Also, that is kind of a worst case scenario and is pretty hard to pull off these days (most OSes are smart enough to prevent rm -rf * from doing much more than ruining your afternoon).
- sctb 10y agoBut it is rude. An important part of a civil and substantive discussion is not personally insulting other users. Please don't do this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html