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Now do reproducable builds. This is the same complexity problem, but with a bunch of woo as a vehicle for their other agenda items. I could write the same artic
by motohagiography 4y ago
Now do reproducable builds. This is the same complexity problem, but with a bunch of woo as a vehicle for their other agenda items. I could write the same article by saying, "developers increasingly can't explain how software works," and then use the ancient aliens conclusion-from-negative-premise trope to say, "software is everywhere and complex, scientists can't even reproduce it, <interview with scientist saying reproducable builds and complete code path coverage in testing are hard>, could software contain embedded problematic and systemic bads like sexism, racism and homophobia? These legitimate PhD's say they don't know for sure. We asked further simple questions, but they were ignored, could software developers be hiding other problematic things? - ancient critical theorists say 'yes.'"
I'm not saying it's stupid, but I am saying it's as honest and intellectually rigorous as Ancient Aliens.