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I don't know, how did the world manage to work before the internet? You call someone, you send a letter, something. It's not rocket science. It's not automate
by array_key_first 9mo ago
I don't know, how did the world manage to work before the internet?
You call someone, you send a letter, something. It's not rocket science.
It's not automated, sure, but somethings will never be automated, just by their nature. That doesn't mean it doesn't scale. Well, sure it does. You just hire more staff.
For Christ's sake, it used to be that phone calls required physical action from an operator to get connected. And now we can't do shit if there isn't an API for it or some bullshit.
- bigiain 9mo ago> You just hire more staff. Every Googler on the planet just laughed and downed another Tequila shot.
- Marsymars 9mo ago> It's not automated, sure, but somethings will never be automated, just by their nature. That doesn't mean it doesn't scale. Well, sure it does. You just hire more staff. You're right, of course, but when people say "it doesn't scale" they tend to mean "it doesn't scale at with a near-zero marginal cost". Maybe we should be calling out that wording.
- array_key_first 9mo agoRight, it scales linearly, as is the case in most businesses. Only tech craves a constant time scaling factor, because in most business it's just not possible. You can't run 100 walmarts with the same employees as 1 Walmart, and Walmart knows that and is very successful in spite of it.