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Exactly. The article was quite interesting up until the introduction of the trojan kitten that systems are only overly complex because the people who build them
by micheljansen 15y ago
Exactly. The article was quite interesting up until the introduction of the trojan kitten that systems are only overly complex because the people who build them need to justify spending 40 hours a week in a cubicle to build them.
Systems are complex because the world is complex. If it could be done simpler, faster and more secure, it would be done simpler, faster and more secure.
- sliverstorm 15y agoTo some people, Reality is just the byproduct of a million conspiracies. You sometimes just have to give up on those folks.
- throwaway64 15y ago>If it could be done simpler, faster and more secure, it would be done simpler, faster and more secure. With imperfect information, an optimal market cannot exist, security and complexity is one of those things that is very hard to assess before, and even after a purchase. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_for_lemons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_for_lemons I think purely from personal experience, what you are saying is absolutely untrue.
- micheljansen 15y agoNever attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity ;)