A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT

[evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net]

@mjd hahahahaha I can assure you that every deskside/support engineer who hears "oh, it's working now. it always works when you are watching it" has an internal monologue along the lines of 'please stop working so I can disassemble or replace you' aimed at that bit of kit. the computer knows it might find out and that is why it pauses in its fuckery at that time.

[calmeilles@mstdn.social]

@phooky @mjd

But it's a false premise.

As we are finding out.

[pigworker@types.pl]

@mjd Bravo!

[lazarou@mastodon.social]

@mjd #ButlerianJihad

[meltedcheese@c.im]

@evilstevie @mjd That’s dark, but relatable.

[shnooflebear@curly.cat]

@mjd Well, "a computer you do not own". Because the one right here - oh that thing is about to find the hell out if it starts fucking around.

[evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net]

@meltedcheese @mjd when called upon for tech support I carry a Leatherman, full set o' bits and the hope that this time I'll get to actually see the problem. rarely do.

oddly that seems to work for software too.

[mjd@mathstodon.xyz]

@evilstevie @meltedcheese I carry a full set of bits also, a zero *and* a one.

[kgmadee2@mathstodon.xyz]

@saltywizard @mjd yeah that would require beging able and willing to learn, same problem really

[pdmckone@cosocial.ca]

@mjd @evilstevie @meltedcheese

That's a good idea. You can never find one when you need it.

[rndanger@infosec.exchange]

@d6 @mjd
0x07

[rndanger@infosec.exchange]

@d6 @mjd
Mess with the bel, get the horn

[novelgazer@infosec.exchange]

@d6 @mjd and a gift for you!

[ll1t@mastodon.social]

@mjd but isn’t that what reinforcement learning is all about?

[thomasbeagle@mastodon.nz]

@mjd Hardware - the part of the computer system that you can kick.

[kkarhan@c.im]

@mjd +9001%

A computer cannot be held accountable, thus it must never make a decision!

- Old #IBM quote

[mjd@mathstodon.xyz]

@kkarhan Yes, that is what I was alluding to.

[tasket@infosec.exchange]

@mjd "FIND OUT" — meaning "experience loss".

I need to re-read that old book by Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2. Seems very apt now.

[infrapink@mastodon.ie]

@mjd

Wait, not even Friend @Computer

[mwichary@mastodon.online]

@mjd This is v good