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"There are a few things that inspire deep revulsion in me. The episode of
Star
Trek: Voyager I just watched was pretty gross. I definitely saw some pretty
bad roadkill on my daily walks during the Covid lockdowns. But nothing -
nothing - comes close to the white hot fury that radiates from me the moment
someone suggests plugging a spreadsheet into some sort of automated process.
A sane engineer would come to you, palms upturned, arms wide, and preach the
virtues of Excel in a conciliatory tone. "It really empowers non-technical
staff", they would say. "The democratization of data is an important element to
the modern workplace, and it is an incredible testament to Excel's flexibility
that it has enabled so many people to leverage the power of computing."
But that is a mere sane engineer, the first to die in the revolution, and when
you have seen enough of what happens when you yield to this blatant
cowardice, you move beyond mere
sanity, into righteous logic so cold that
it burns like fire. I tell you now, if you suggest that we put that spreadsheet
anywhere near any process, no force on this planet will save you from me."
Valuable advice.
Via Christoph S.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
