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tbh the Adeptus Mechanicus of 40K make too much sense in that framing
they don’t know why tech works, they just know to do the rituals and they can make a thing
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@Aphrodite @cjust @calamari the last paragraph seems to apply to modern day youth using AI to do homework as well. @Aphrodite @cjust @calamari I was about to bring up the techpriests - following the Catechisms of Compliance but often not understanding why. "our PCI scan shows this software is vulnerable" Yes because RHEL security backporting existed and you're only checking the version number and not if the vuln is actually there. |
@Aphrodite @calamari I spent far too long one weekend looking into nuclear semiotics and have decided that the best thing that we could do for future generations is genetically engineer a cat species to glow in the presence of radiation rather than try to instill a nuclear priesthood.
I think that this same logic should be applied to software QA as well. I'm certain that we can bioengineer a cat to glow in the presence of a faulty AV update. Then we can change the checklist item to "□ IT department properly equipped with glowy cats"
@Aphrodite @calamari I spent far too long one weekend looking into nuclear semiotics and have decided that the best thing that we could do for future generations is genetically engineer a cat species to glow in the presence of radiation rather than try to instill a nuclear priesthood.
I think that this same logic should be applied to software QA as well. I'm certain that we can bioengineer a cat to glow in the presence of a faulty AV update. Then we can change the checklist item to "□ IT department...