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Deleting Systems You Don't Understand (idiallo.com)
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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 31 points 6 hours ago

This is a poor analogy. Those installed in Doge knew exactly the value and reason the systems. Processes, people, regulations and institutions they are deleting existed; they didn't want them to as it was disadvantageous to their greedy fixation on omnipotence.

It's naive to pretend it's not deliberate.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 15 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

One of my favourite principles is Chesterton's fence.

[–] Hairyfishnuts@feddit.online 6 points 4 hours ago

Thank you for this. I was sadly unaware that I've never heard of Chesterton. Run rabbit, run.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Also my favorite to use with the smart junior engineers who keep saying we should "just do ___."

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago

Much of what we have learned about the human brain comes from injuries to its various parts.

You learned about what ini files do by deleting them. Make backups and break stuff to learn. I'm just talking about computers, please don't extrude this lesson to Doge.