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The Normalization of Inexplicable Failures

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  1. layer8 · · focus · HN ↗
    > This leads to a normalization of inexplicability.

    It’s also tightly connected to a normalization of lack of accountability.

    > This isn't "getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem" -- you still have to do the hard part.

    This is probably losing the younger portion of the audience by now. ;)

    1. measurablefunc · · focus · HN ↗
      The people accountable are those hosting & writing the algorithms, e.g. Therac-25.
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