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"There is no negotiating with a computer." --Simon Biggs. At its core I think it's the main reason executives are so bad with technology. Nothing else in life
by etothepii 5y ago
"There is no negotiating with a computer." --Simon Biggs.
At its core I think it's the main reason executives are so bad with technology. Nothing else in life is like a computer. You can not argue, you can not infuriate. It is pure logic.
Unfortunately those of us who know about computers know that the logic is almost always flawed.
- 3pt14159 5y agoIt cuts both ways. The very system that forces people to use four digit years and unambiguous date formats[0] is the same system that leads us all into one giant Year 2038 problem. I mostly agree about executives, though that's fading. The world got the message that being good at technology is something effective people increasingly need to know. I'm an expert in Excel (Solver, UDF, arrays, custom formats, etc) and even I've picked up some tricks from CEOs. [0] What fresh hell is the date "12/11/10"?
- pjc50 5y agohttps://twitter.com/swiftonsecurity/status/1385565737167724545?lang=en-GB https://twitter.com/swiftonsecurity/status/13855657371677245... "A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION" (IBM slide, 1979)