• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    3 days ago

    I mean that’s literally a line from IBM’s 1979 training manual:

    A computer can never be held accountable

    Therefore a computer must never make a management decision

    • hikaru755@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Yeah I’m pretty sure the OP is a reference to that, not an entirely original thought

    • MoffKalast@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Some MBA reading this was probably like, a computer can never be held accountable? The perfect manager!

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      3 days ago

      Funny because management is also never held accountable as long as their decisions makes the line go up next quarter.

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      3 days ago

      And I saw that photo both here and on reddit yesterday.

      Due in OP’s post is a poser and not a very good one

      • nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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        3 days ago

        Dude … OP is one of the people that is significantly responsible for the Perl programming language and its powerful modules. Also crazy well-read

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          3 days ago

          Yeah - he could be the king of USA and I’d still say that post is a lame effort to sound smart.

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            3 days ago

            You think someone repackaged annold quote to sound smart? Or do you think it’s more likely to point out the insanity that’s happening daily