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I'm Mozart

There are two hard problems in Computer Science:
1) People are the hardest problem in Computer Science;
2) Convincing people that people are the hardest problem in Computer Science.

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Guille

@sleepyfox my bucket list has an item about doing an ironical talk in a Software Development conference called โ€œPeople are the worstโ€

I'm Mozart

@sleepyfox This blew up.
I don't have a SoundCloud, but some interesting and maybe amusing thoughts may be found here: gist.github.com/sleepyfox/b205

alexboly

@sleepyfox I think I know what I'll do for the next video :)

I'm Mozart

@alexboly First time I've had to turn off notifications.

Zen Heathen

@sleepyfox "Error exists between keyboard and chair"

I'm Mozart

@melivia Indeed, but it was so important I felt that I needed to say it twice.

Lynoure Braakman

@sleepyfox
Not getting overconvinced about one's own views might be the 3rd.
@gdinwiddie

George Dinwiddie

@lynoure
Excellent point, Lynoure! There are so many ways that we fool ourselves. Iโ€™ve been digging into this area in my newsletter this year.
@sleepyfox

George Dinwiddie

@lynoure
Excellent point, Lynoure! There are so many ways that we fool ourselves. Iโ€™ve been digging into this area in my newsletter this year.
@sleepyfox

I'm Mozart

@gdinwiddie Previously I would have said "Strong opinions, lightly held", but that well has been poisoned.
Perhaps "Always open to reconsidering one's view dependant on new data"?

George Dinwiddie

@sleepyfox
Further than that, "a bit skeptical of how things appear."

The trick is how to question what I "know" without pulling the rug out from under my confidence. I make peace with my incomplete knowledge.

undead enby of the apocalypse

@sleepyfox and the fact that messy reality often doesnโ€™t match oversimplified ideas a computer scientist might have about something, but I guess that fits into these

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