A well-respected pirate, neighbor, and Lisper is also a chud. Welcome to HN, the Nazi Bar where everybody’s also an expert in technology.
A well-respected pirate, neighbor, and Lisper is also a chud. Welcome to HN, the Nazi Bar where everybody’s also an expert in technology.
I mean the sneers just write themselves
the very next paragraph:
it’s fun to watch self-described engineers tie themselves into knots to defend dangerous technology. this is why programmers aren’t allowed to design bridges (at least until we find a billionaire stupid enough to fund a bridgetech startup (and it’s probably going to be musk))
I’ve argued for a while that software “engineers” regularly develop the equivalent of the First Tay Bridge.
Wish we’d gone with software carpenter or software plumber.
They should all read Henry Petroski’s To Engineer Is Human before they call themselves engineers
Shit, I have that book! Never read it though :(
I’m afraid you can’t call yourself an engineer
I (legally) can! Got the degree and everything.
(“civilingenjör” is a protected term in Sweden, only graduates from technical universities can call themselves that)
I didn’t know that! I was joking of course. I wonder if Alan Kay knows this, though. Have you seen this talk?
https://youtu.be/D43PlUr1x_E
something something don’t threaten me with a good time