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The thing with meritocracy is that, at the end of the day, a person is making those value judgements. A person with their own set of biases and prejudices. And
by s73ver 9y ago
The thing with meritocracy is that, at the end of the day, a person is making those value judgements. A person with their own set of biases and prejudices. And especially in code, there is very little in the way of "This code is objectively better than that code."
- forgottenpass 9y agoI don't think the point is about avoiding value judgements, just setting scope of them. And yes, any judgement can quickly turn into yak shaving. I don't know that this is about mathematical precision, it always reads more like saying "put down the goddamn shears!"
- icebraining 9y agoI think you mean bike-shedding.